From: jan.vindheim@gmail.com   
      
   Moyehoist  wrote:   
      
   > >he essence of Orwell is to keep a radical sensibility   
   >   
   > I don't see this anywhere in Orwell -   
      
   you cant have read much of his work then   
      
   > he had very traditional views re: life. I   
   > think he would have been very happy with a market economy that offerred a   
   good   
   > blend  of freedom and initiative.   
   >   
   > What do you think are examples of Orwells radical inclinations?   
      
   having just read Burmese Days I can mention that one,   
   but really his whole oeuvre is diffused by a social conscience   
   which make his support for anti.authoritarian socialism  natural.   
      
   >   >while at the same time being aware of the abuses of power   
   >   
   > Orwell did'nt make his name writing of the  mundane abuses of power - we have   
   > sensationalist newspapers that do that.   
   >   
   > Don't you think that Orwell applied his investigations exclusively to   
   genocide   
   > and its coverup by the use of something similar to  mass hypnosis.   
   > Extermination and mind control are the essential elements of Orwell - not   
   > muckraking.   
      
   what kind of wordtwisting exercise is this?   
      
   abuse of power covers  the field from  petty bureaucracy to mindcontrol   
   and genocide.   
      
      
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   jan bojer vindheim   
   http://vindheim.net   
      
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