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   Robert Woodward to Ignatios Souvatzis   
   Re: (Tears) Nineteen Eighty-Four by Geor   
   04 Jan 26 21:49:00   
   
   From: robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Ignatios Souvatzis  wrote:   
      
   > James Nicoll wrote:   
   > > Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell   
   > >   
   > > True love blooms in authoritarian Airstrip One.   
   > >   
   > > https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/when-spring-rejoices   
   >   
   > Your remark questioning whether anything reported outside of England   
   > actually exists is interesting. Never occured to us (we read 1984 in   
   > school some 45 years ago).   
   >   
      
   My speculation (a co-worker and I discussed this several decades ago) is   
   that there was but one government, it ruled the entire world and there   
   was no war. My co-worker suggested that while there was but one   
   government, perhaps armies were still fighting.   
      
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