More Orwell everywhere would be well nifty'The whole experience of being hit by a bullet is very interesting and I think it is worth describing in detail'.
www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/soldiers/george-orwell-shot.html
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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 17 Oct 2010, 21:58,
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Wow. Thanks for linking that!
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Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better,
Sun 17 Oct 2010, 22:25,
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More short-form Orwell wonders...Shooting An Elephant:
orwell.ru/library/articles/elephant/english/e_eleph
The Moon Under Water (or, The Ideal Pub):
www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/moon-under-water.htm
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The Moon Under Water (or, The Ideal Pub):
www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/moon-under-water.htm
Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 17 Oct 2010, 22:33,
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For the definitive 1984 film try this link for the BBCs 1954 production. Just Awesome!(
Hitler's Barber Soylent Green is high in saturated fat,
Sun 17 Oct 2010, 23:00,
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"He shot me, that's fascist"Edit: I should probably have included some indication that I actually know that Orwell hated the dilution of the word "fascist" and wrote about it.
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Sun 17 Oct 2010, 23:01,
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Well, he was in a war against fascists at the time.The people shooting at him were literally fascists.
Y'twat.
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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace,
Sun 17 Oct 2010, 23:09,
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Cliff Richard was a stretcher-bearer in the Spanish Civil War?
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Varmint,
Mon 18 Oct 2010, 21:25,
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More!is here:
b3ta.com/board/10224082
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drimble he'd been white, he'd been black,
Mon 18 Oct 2010, 23:37,
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