History Lessons

[rebness]

Last night, I stayed up to watch a pretty innovative documentary on BBC2 about George Orwell. They used fake footage with an actor speaking his words, giving already powerful or amusing thoughts on everything from the death penalty to the Spanish civil war to patriotism to making a cup of tea.

One part of the documentary focused on his days spent with the British police in India when it was controlled by the Empire. He mused at one point that it struck him how inherently wrong, and how hypocritical it is, for a power to force itself on another country and then presume to police it with force and expect the inhabitants to be grateful.

I wish we had a writer as powerful as Orwell around to record the events of today.

Comments

[gairid.livejournal.com]

Why does it remind one so much of the "war against terror"?

Governments need demons. We no longer have the dreaded Red Meance of communism to throw a scare into the population, so now it's 'The Terrorists'.

Keep the populace afraid or occupy them with emotional issues like going to Mars and the moon (again) when so many people in the US can't afford decent healthcare.

Tricks. That's all they are, yet too many peopel will always turn a blind eye.