Orwell: 1984 ‘could’ happen, not ‘will’ happen

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on April 30, 2007
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Richard has dug out George Orwell’s “STATEMENT ON ‘NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR” and has reproduced it for your consumption, here.

Good work Richard. A true gem.

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  1. 1 Richard
    May 1, 2007 at 12:37 am

    Orwell’s last-known published words (June 1949) :

    “DON’T LET IT HAPPEN. IT DEPENDS ON YOU”

    Why have these last words never been put on the Internet until now - except a ‘casual’ mention by Timothy Garton Ash in 1996 ?

    In an attempt to reason why, an ungodly can of worms is now likely to open up on both sides of the Atlantic - and not before time.

    The CIA is one such worm…the biggest one in the can so far…

  2. 2 Richard
    May 1, 2007 at 12:55 am

    And here are some smaller worms crawling out :

    The Henry Jackson Society and the Euston Manifeso Group :

    http://davidaslindsay.blogspot.com/2007/04/make-france-light-to-world.html

  3. 3 Richard
    May 1, 2007 at 6:35 am

    I stand corrected - there are a number of other references to Orwell’s “Don’t let it happen. It dependson you” - as well as Timothy Garton Ash (1998 not 1996).

    But none have identified these words as Orwell’s last-known published words - until now.

    That is what makes these words so significant - in my view - and I am still reeling from astonishment that this has not been brought out before by others.

  4. 4 anticant
    May 1, 2007 at 6:48 am

    The biggest factor in all this can of worms is not our “leaders’” conscious wickedness, but their STUPIDITY - most of them [certainly including Blair] really believe the twaddle they spout about ‘defending liberty’, ’spreading democracy’ etc. etc. This makes combatting their mistaken policies even more difficult than if they were deliberate humbugs.

  5. 5 Richard
    May 1, 2007 at 7:55 am

    Doublethink born out of a ‘good’ education, AC.

  6. 6 Jose
    May 1, 2007 at 1:38 pm

    Yes, I don’t think they are wicked, or at least not wicked “by themselves”, but they are not stupid either.

    It’s a “manner of being” in accordance with the circumstances. They have been instructed to do “something” and they just toe the line by any means. I think those who believe them are yet more stupid.

  7. 7 Jose
    May 1, 2007 at 1:40 pm

    And I must add that “manner of being” contrives to fill their pockets.

  8. 8 Richard
    May 1, 2007 at 2:46 pm

    “Blairaqi” and ‘Bliar’ apologists will continue to “fill their pockets” - but now those pockets won’t be so full.

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