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Old 12-05-2011, 17:49   #60
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Re: Arrested before committing a crime (Pre Crime)

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Originally Posted by MargaretR View Post
These arrests are an uncomfortable sign that yet another control mechanism forecasted in Orwell's 1984 is being used -
Thought Police - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The term "Thought Police", by extension, has come to refer to real or perceived enforcement of ideological correctness, or preemptive policing where a person is apprehended in anticipation of the possibility that they may commit a crime, in any modern or historical contexts."
Or in the words of Kenneth Williams, Infamy, Infamy, they've all got it infamy
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