tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post2327390322660122500..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Like a black fly in your chardonnay...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23621832136570272252011-05-09T16:48:18.324-04:002011-05-09T16:48:18.324-04:00I wasn't going to point out that Sigivald over...I wasn't going to point out that Sigivald overthink much, but I'd hate to let WV: equencow go to waste.<br />Horses and cattle are interfertile? who knew?Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90767630194781822012011-05-09T16:38:42.358-04:002011-05-09T16:38:42.358-04:00Not feeling it, myself.
I'd go read 1984 agai...Not feeling it, myself.<br /><br />I'd go read 1984 again before trying to point out irony here; I don't see any.<br /><br />(Especially since Orwell's name is on Spanish streets for his service to the Republicans during the Civil War and his <i>Homage to Catalonia</i>, not for his political theorizing.)<br /><br />1984 had pervasive surveillance ... of mid-level Party functionaries. Not of the Proles [and thus of the general public areas] - because the Proles had no power and thus weren't threats - and not of the Party Elite.<br /><br />Orwell isn't a cipher for "no cameras!!!" - he was making cutting attacks on Socialist party internal politics and thought-policing.<br /><br />(I suspect that he might not have been against public-area crime-deterrent surveillance, though I also see no particular reason to believe he'd be much for it either.<br /><br />It's a stupid waste of money, but it's <i>not</i> making Mr. Orwell spin in his grave.)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38736091931097027892011-05-09T11:35:34.142-04:002011-05-09T11:35:34.142-04:00Words fail. This *must* go viral.Words fail. This *must* go viral.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7792533266433557502011-05-09T10:37:52.719-04:002011-05-09T10:37:52.719-04:00Heh.
I'd correct it, but then your comment (w...Heh.<br /><br />I'd correct it, but then your comment (which made me Ell-Oh-Ell) would be spoilt. So I'll leave it as a monument to my oldthink. :)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71875961846436050552011-05-09T10:34:12.244-04:002011-05-09T10:34:12.244-04:00Unbellyfeel spellbad. No s.
Report Miniluv.Unbellyfeel spellbad. No s. <br /><br /><br />Report Miniluv.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28973315747934068762011-05-09T09:58:21.268-04:002011-05-09T09:58:21.268-04:00Perhaps this is part of the Spanish green energy p...Perhaps this is part of the Spanish green energy policy.<br /><br />The next step is installing a generator attached to Orwell's corpse.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710666926746925370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73455599762217301122011-05-09T08:23:22.433-04:002011-05-09T08:23:22.433-04:00I guess Orwell lost something in translation to Sp...I guess Orwell lost something in translation to Spanish...BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.com