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thatdarngirl Nov 24, 2003

Have you ever read 1984? I could totally see that happening, like if I didn't know the new system would come before that. I really enjoy books like that because it takes what you already know and t...

ekulu Nov 24, 2003

ye i read 1984, and it was pretty tasty. i loved it, it's crazy becuase possibly the world couldve been like that

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

I know!! The way they had the economy working was simply amazing. Pretending (actually, a kid and I got in a fight over this. I said they really weren't at war with other countries..he said they were) they were in a constant state of war to keep the economy stable? Brilliant!

ekulu ekuluOG 2002

yea, that whole "War is Peace" thing. i thought it scary, but still kinda fascinating. i always ten d to think, though, how would christians live in those kind of circumstances

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

They wouldn't? "Christianity without tears, that's what soma is" according to Brave New World.

ekulu ekuluOG 2002

hehe. i actually never read a brave new world. by that time i had read 1984 and anthem, and that was enough for my already

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