Comments on: It is 1984 in the UK http://firstword.us/2007/06/it-is-1984-in-the-uk/ How can you have the last word if you haven't heard the first? Tue, 01 May 2012 20:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TJH http://firstword.us/2007/06/it-is-1984-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-1832 TJH Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:33:30 +0000 http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-1832 I'm not sure if the phrase "not surprisingly" is meant to be a dig at the frogs. It may be a better moniker than "Big Brother" -- think "nanny state." Or perhaps, picking up again on Lewis' Hideous Strength, "Big Fairy" would capture it best of all. Maybe our French cousins will prove to be the first with enough mettle to resist effectively. I’m not sure if the phrase “not surprisingly” is meant to be a dig at the frogs. It may be a better moniker than “Big Brother” — think “nanny state.” Or perhaps, picking up again on Lewis’ Hideous Strength, “Big Fairy” would capture it best of all.

Maybe our French cousins will prove to be the first with enough mettle to resist effectively.

]]> By: MRB http://firstword.us/2007/06/it-is-1984-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-1833 MRB Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:39:49 +0000 http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-1833 Jew Sarkozy is trying to create his own version of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4703054.ece" rel="nofollow">Big Brother</a> in France -- though the French call it, not surprisingly, "Big Sister." Jew Sarkozy is trying to create his own version of Big Brother in France — though the French call it, not surprisingly, “Big Sister.”

]]> By: MRB http://firstword.us/2007/06/it-is-1984-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 MRB Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:34:17 +0000 http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-1831 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7123887.stm" rel="nofollow">"There is no longer any privacy"</a> in the United Kingdom. The same will soon be true of the US (assuming there still is any). “There is no longer any privacy” in the United Kingdom. The same will soon be true of the US (assuming there still is any).

]]> By: MRB http://firstword.us/2007/06/it-is-1984-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-1830 MRB Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:39:36 +0000 http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-1830 Actor <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071022224858.26jq1m79&show_article=1" rel="nofollow">Ewan McGregor</a> is fed up with Britain's nanny state. He found Africa, of all places, to be much freer than his own nation. Actor Ewan McGregor is fed up with Britain’s nanny state. He found Africa, of all places, to be much freer than his own nation.

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