[ale] OT:Has "1984" finally arrived?

[Robert Heaven]

I sometimes wonder: Are we living in Orwell's "1984"? Or, Huxley's "Brave New World"? Or a combination of both.

-Robert

On Aug 5, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com> wrote:

> With the recent revelations of the NSA and Friends big snoop projects
> it appears that I'm not the only one questioning whether or not George
> Orwell's novel "1984" that he wrote in 1949 has actually come true.
> Here is a link to a cnn.com article with the same question.
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/03/opinion/beale-1984-now/index.html?eref=igoogledmn_topstories
> 
> 
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