Society is an open-ended partnership between generations. The dead and the unborn are as much members of society as the living. To dishonor the dead is to reject the relation on which society is built - a relation of obligation between generations. Those who have lost respect for the dead have ceased to be trustees of their inheritance. Inevitably, therefore, they lose the sense of obligation to future generations. The web of obligations shrinks to the present tense. ~ Edmund Burke

13 March 2007

1984 and Beyond - Science Fiction Moving Into Reality

The Guardian reports that neuroscientists have determined how to look inside a person’s brain and read their intentions before they act. The new brain scans allow them to identify patterns of brain activity showing what a person plans to do in the near future...

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After listening to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four last week on my iPod, this article appeared on LewRockwell.com.
Perhaps thought crimes (crimethink in Newspeak) are closer than we would like to acknowledge.
I can only imagine what the Department of Homeland Security-- a Nineteen Eighty-Four sounding agency to begin with-- would do with this kind of technology.
With the latest assault on the U.S. Constitution, especially the 4th Amendment, via the Patriot Act and other illegal Big Brother legislation, I can only imagine things getting worse unless we the people of the sovereign states stand up to these usurpers in Washington.
After they finish with privacy, property, and speech, the only thing left is our thoughts.
Is tyranny for terror really a good trade? The Party thinks so.
Welcome to 1984.

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