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That was part of it, yes; but the book includes an appendix detailing the fictional government's proposals to remodel English and invent a language called "Newspeak"
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You are right, I had forgotten about Newspeak
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How effective all this is in changing people's attitudes for real is debateable, but consider two different survey questions:
1. Do you believe that Islamists living in Britain should be allowed to do whatever they please, unchecked?
2. Do you believe that members of the Muslim community living in Britain should be continually harrassed by the police and spied on even when there is no evidence of wrong-doing?
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กกก Amigo Sancho, con la Iglesia hemos topado !!! (D.Quixote) Something like, "Sancho, my friend, we've bumped into The Church" (in a very metaphorical and ironical way because they were discussing religious matters when D.Quixote said so -Capitals are mine, to illustrate the pun). I think it has always been the same all over the world, you can take your stand and discuss about 'almost' anything but when it comes to 'religion' ... there are those who... in the name of... So, I must admit you are right again, language can be a very useful weapon, capable of brainwashing some people's minds if used in a make-believe fashion by the managers of the 'beyond' on earth.
Sadly, whatever you do to prevent them from doing what ,IMO, they are bound to do will be to no avail and all this 'checking' and 'harassment' will do little but gain them more fanatics as a result of this very 'harassment' to keep things under control. Your survey questions pose an ethical dilemma we are not ready for. So we let politicians to their own devices because they are very likely to come up with some policy or another. However, this time, I feel it is a bit hypocritical and very unfair to a lot of people. (Spain's rightwing party has promised to pass a similar requirement for migrants if they win the elections to be held on 9th March).
To cut it short, I may very well say 'Mariano Rajoy
has announced his intention to put stricter controls on immigrants in a meeting
two days ago', but, funnily enough, I should avoid saying so in front of my teacher.
Regards.