Re: Trade protectism explain in relation to cartoons.
- From: Michael Hart <hart@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: Trade protectism explain in relation to cartoons.
- Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 09:36:41 PST
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, David Starner wrote:
> On 1/30/06, Haradda@[redacted] <Haradda@[redacted]> wrote:
>
>> It's Orwellian because it is a matter of control.
>> The use of the government to control behavior and to create a monopoly.
>
> That's quite an abuse of the word Orwellian.
Actually, to describe governmental control of behavior as Orwellian
is quite proper.
You might disagree with whether or not the governments are doing this,
or even trying to do it, but that is a different question.
Given the monopolistic qualities of "1984" as well as the behavior
qualities of both "1984" and "Animal Farm," it seems obvious that
behavior control would also be properly referred to as Orwellian.
mh