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|    Kev Sparrow to Pullets    |
|    Re: Was Orwell a member of the Communist    |
|    27 Jul 04 15:20:48    |
      From: b5nkateNOSPAM@hotmail.com              On 27 Jul 2004 06:36:50 -0700, moyehoist@aol.com (Black Minorca       Pullets) wrote:              >He certainly heard lots of nice, warm , fuzzy things about the Workers       >Paradise during his younger years but in the end, he obviously       >dedicated his life to exposing those who committed the greatest       >genocide of the century as well as exposing those that covered it up.       >       >BMP              I think he was concerned in the direction liberal democracy was going       more than anything. I certainly dont think he was a rabid       anti-communist, I mean what a massive depature for him if he was. I       mean, its like saying all his literay works and beliefs were false.              It sounds to me as if you are a bit of a revisionist.              Cheers              Kevin              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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