'We didn't ought to 'ave trusted 'em. I said so, Ma, didn't I? That's what
comes of trusting 'em. I said so all along. We didn't ought to 'ave trusted
the buggers.
But which buggers they didn't ought to have trusted Winston could not now
remember.
Since about that time, war had been literally continuous, though strictly
speaking it had not always been the same war. For several months during his
childhood there had been confused street fighting in London itself, some of
which he remembered vividly. But to trace out the history of the whole
period, to say who was fighting whom at any given moment, would have been
utterly impossible, since no written record, and no spoken word, ever made
mention of any other alignment than the existing one. At this moment, for
example, in 1984 (if it was 1984), Oceania was at war with Eurasia and in
alliance with Eastasia. In no public or private utterance was it ever
admitted that the three powers had at any time been grouped along different
lines. Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania
had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. But that was
merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his
memory was not satisfactorily under control. Officially the change of
partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore
Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment always
represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement
with him was impossible.
1984
George Orwell
–
Ivan Pope
[email protected]
www.ivanpope.com
www.tochki-inc.com
"Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death"
Hunter S. Thompson
The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil
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Comments
That's quite interesting, I am writing a piece at the moment about what can
be seen as evil these days? And Bush actually fits pretty well in there…
marc
> 'We didn't ought to 'ave trusted 'em. I said so, Ma, didn't I? That's what
> comes of trusting 'em. I said so all along. We didn't ought to 'ave
trusted
> the buggers.
>
> But which buggers they didn't ought to have trusted Winston could not now
> remember.
>
> Since about that time, war had been literally continuous, though strictly
> speaking it had not always been the same war. For several months during
his
> childhood there had been confused street fighting in London itself, some
of
> which he remembered vividly. But to trace out the history of the whole
> period, to say who was fighting whom at any given moment, would have been
> utterly impossible, since no written record, and no spoken word, ever made
> mention of any other alignment than the existing one. At this moment, for
> example, in 1984 (if it was 1984), Oceania was at war with Eurasia and in
> alliance with Eastasia. In no public or private utterance was it ever
> admitted that the three powers had at any time been grouped along
different
> lines. Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since
Oceania
> had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. But that was
> merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because
his
> memory was not satisfactorily under control. Officially the change of
> partners had never happened. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore
> Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia. The enemy of the moment
always
> represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future
agreement
> with him was impossible.
>
> 1984
> George Orwell
>
> –
> Ivan Pope
> [email protected]
> www.ivanpope.com
> www.tochki-inc.com
>
> "Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death"
> Hunter S. Thompson
>
>