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RIGHT: George Orwell,
the author of several books including '1984'
originated the term 'thoughtcrime.'
Orwell, also accurately commented, "anyone who
challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds
himself silenced with surprising effectiveness.
A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost
never given a fair hearing."
Few realize that this great
English author continually questioned all
"official" or "accepted" versions of history. At
the conclusion of the war in Europe, Orwell even
expressed doubt about the Allied account of
events and posed the following question in his
lesser known book Notes on Nationalism,
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the
right to tell people what they do not want to
hear... Is it true about the gas ovens in
Poland?"
Ironically, those words from
Orwell's pen could have resulted in a prison
term for him in many European countries today --
for 'thoughtcrimes.'
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