Electric Josh

Tuesday, August 27, 2002

Dad points us to some flaming of Bush and Co., in which the ways that the prez is emulating Big Brother (from the book 1984, not from hyperbole) are enumerated kind of unnervingly.

I only wish that this sort of clever, spooky parallel could be drawn in a less snide fashion; the observation of disturbing policies needs to be done calmly and diplomatically. Calm diplomacy tends to be better at stimulating rational, thoughtful debate. Lines like, "[1984] was intended to be read as a warning about the evils of totalitarianism -- not a how-to manual," turn off those with the greatest need to read (and to think about) the rest of the article. #

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Here's an ode to boobs that pretty much speaks for itself. It's good to be a boy... #