Keep in mind that not all ideas that seem bad in fiction turn out to be bad in non-fiction. Even then, something which is a bad idea in one time and context might prove to be a good thing in a different one (or vice-versa). (None of this is to suggest we don't have a problem with overly broad surveillance mandates, but merely that the "astonish George Orwell" litmus test is perhaps not a good one).<div>
<div><br></div><div>--Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:55 PM, John E. Kreznar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jek@ininx.com">jek@ininx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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If George Orwell were alive now he would be astonished by the fact<br>
that the sort of surveillance he feared is supported not by a<br>
government imposing it from above on an unwilling population but by a<br>
groundswell of popular support.<br>
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-- Victor Keegan, Guardian Unlimited, Thursday August 4, 2005<br>
<<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5254923-103572,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5254923-103572,00.html</a>><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Chris<br>
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