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Re: Question for the Conservatives out there
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:20:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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I was thinking that season 2 thru 4 of Bab 5, specifically regarding
President Clarke’s assention to power and the corruption thereof, with all
the ‘homeguard’, the ‘poli-speak’, and the ‘if you’re not with us, you’re
against us’ rhetoric is as close as I have seen to a ‘fictionalized’ Dubya
administration.
I’d have to refresh my memory of some of the quotations from that particular
storyline in B5, but from what I recall they’re sounding pretty ‘verbatim’ to
the current administration. JMS was a few years ahead of his time.
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I hate to have to tell you this, but JMS was actually a few decades behind his
time! Orwell pegged all of that stuff way back in 1948! I’m not a B5 fan, so I
can’t comment on the particulars of that series, but it sounds like JMS was
offering an homage to, or perhaps a variation on the theme of, Orwell’s work.
Orwell has some passages that could easily be uttered by Rumsfeld today, for
example, and no one would notice a change in diction or message.
Dave!
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| (...) For the sake of literary snobbery, I did a little looking over the weekend, and here are two examples I came up with: (URL) From Book One, chapter 4:> Winston thought for a moment, then pulled the speakwrite towards him and began dictating in (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) <snip> (...) I was thinking that season 2 thru 4 of Bab 5, specifically regarding President Clarke's assention to power and the corruption thereof, with all the 'homeguard', the 'poli-speak', and the 'if you're not with us, you're against us' (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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