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Originally Posted by jaysay
This is just how bad this country is getting, George Orwells 1984 was a novel, now I'm not so sure that he couldn't see into the future
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George Orwell and another George, George Carlin, both expressed concerns about language and what was and is happening to it. The essence of "1984" is Newspeak, which is an extreme form of politically correct language. And it is language that will change society. Language is more than just what we speak, it is what we live in; and it defines us as a culture and a society. It seems that in language, "man" or "men" is becoming a bad word. And it is no surprise that society's attitudes are affected by this distortion. It's a short, and not very logical trip, from calling that metal thing in the road a "person hole cover", or referring to "the person in the moon" to seeing all men as potential threats to the precious innocence of children.