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Orwell vs Huxley
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Both were right to some extent.
So was Warhol. Anyone can be famous for 15 minutes; you don't even have to be able to do anything, in fact it probably helps if you're useless, feckless and lacking any kind of talent.
And then here's what celebrity culture does to human beings. It shows simplified pictures of people, takes away the complexity that makes them human and then stacks them up for sale like boxes of washing powder on supermarket shelves;
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014 -
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostBoth were right to some extent.
We seem to be going down the route of picking the worst of both worlds.
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Sorry, what I meant to say was:
Orwell, Huxley, I like them both, but which one is best? There's only one way to settle this. FIGHT!!Comment
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Huxley taught Orwell at school so would put him in detention.The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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