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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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