proposal: 1984ville
Correspondent:: nikolai kingsley
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:22:17 +1100
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> I used to moan at how few people read the book 1984, but apparently at
> least some peoiple are reading it.
i used to rant at people about the importance of reading that book.
it's not enough.
someone (i'll do it when i become suddenly, inexplicably rich one day)
needs to set up a kind of theme town, with huge walls and barbed wire
festooned guard towers all around it. make the inside a replica of
Airstrip One, complete with visiscreens in every home and office and
toilet and back alley, insane Big Brother rants playing at an
uncomfortable volume 24/7, big-ass guards whuppin' on people
indiscriminately. tell people it's a weight-loss centre, then feed 'em
processed sawdust while telling them the chocolate ration has been
increased. three a.m. visits from the Thought Police, ready to pounce on
anyone who dares mutter "Happy thoughts, happy thoughts... boy, I'm
getting mighty sick of this."[1]
i don't think that we'd be allowed to actually *kill* anyone (read the
fine print!), but we could have mock executions and pretend with all
seriousness they were real. the object would be to scare the crap out of
the attendees.
on the side, the victim - er, visitors - could be forced into cheap
labor, even cheaper than China or Taiwan. it could actually make a profit.
hell, there might be some fucked-up citizens who *prefer* living under
Engsoc. steady employment, after all.
...
then again, maybe we *shouldn't* do this. the government might like the
idea.
i don't think John Howard would have many problems with this. i know
Peter Costello wouldn't.
[1] although we don't have the technology to turn them into dogs with
human heads.
Correspondent:: Zapanaz
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:48:41 -0800
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:22:17 +1100, nikolai kingsley
wrote:
>
>> I used to moan at how few people read the book 1984, but apparently at
>> least some peoiple are reading it.
>
>
>i used to rant at people about the importance of reading that book.
>
>it's not enough.
>
>someone (i'll do it when i become suddenly, inexplicably rich one day)
>needs to set up a kind of theme town, with huge walls and barbed wire
>festooned guard towers all around it. make the inside a replica of
>Airstrip One, complete with visiscreens in every home and office and
>toilet and back alley, insane Big Brother rants playing at an
>uncomfortable volume 24/7, big-ass guards whuppin' on people
>indiscriminately. tell people it's a weight-loss centre, then feed 'em
>processed sawdust while telling them the chocolate ration has been
>increased. three a.m. visits from the Thought Police, ready to pounce on
>anyone who dares mutter "Happy thoughts, happy thoughts... boy, I'm
>getting mighty sick of this."[1]
>
>i don't think that we'd be allowed to actually *kill* anyone (read the
>fine print!), but we could have mock executions and pretend with all
>seriousness they were real. the object would be to scare the crap out of
>the attendees.
>
>on the side, the victim - er, visitors - could be forced into cheap
>labor, even cheaper than China or Taiwan. it could actually make a profit.
>
>hell, there might be some fucked-up citizens who *prefer* living under
>Engsoc. steady employment, after all.
>
That's the scary thought.
You set up something like that ... and people DON'T WANT TO LEAVE.
And pretty soon, instead of a theme park, you have your own country.
>
>...
>
>then again, maybe we *shouldn't* do this. the government might like the
>idea.
>
>i don't think John Howard would have many problems with this. i know
>Peter Costello wouldn't.
>
>
>
>
>[1] although we don't have the technology to turn them into dogs with
>human heads.
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