doublethink

after examinations, decided to do a bit of reading... chanced upon Zhuo'er's blog... 1984, which got me interested...

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managed to procure a pdf version of the text online(public domain)

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at any rate... it is strangely disturbing... while Zhuo'er pointed out the stripping of the essence of a number of things from what they encompass, like sex without love(or pleasure), family without love, which, in a sense, is already found its way into the depraved society we live in, although the 'sex' part would probably relate more to Huxley's "A brave new world" (which i managed to get also, but havn't started reading)

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but i found the more disturbing things... like the juxtaposition of sexuality with ideology, 

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and Descarte's statement, made famous by ToK – Cogito ergo sum

: I think, therefore I am

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a dissolution of reality, everything is in the mind, there is no reality

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Doublethink: since everything is in the mind, lies can be truth, and truth can be lies

the concept of reconciling contradicting lies and shaping it to become true

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e.g. :

"are you trying to mean I like her?, well I don't, and I never did, I only pretended I liked her..."

lies... lies... lies...

where is sincerity in all these? sigh... 

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Romans 12:9(NIV)

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

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Ministry of Fire

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Minifire?

is that what we have become?