Comments on: It is 1984 in the UK http://butler-harris.org/archives/250 How can you have the last word if you haven't heard the first? Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: TJH http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-33970 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:33:30 +0000 http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-33970 I'm not sure if the phrase "not surprisingly" is meant to be a dig at the frogs. It may be a better moniker than "Big Brother" -- think "nanny state." Or perhaps, picking up again on Lewis' Hideous Strength, "Big Fairy" would capture it best of all. Maybe our French cousins will prove to be the first with enough mettle to resist effectively. I’m not sure if the phrase “not surprisingly” is meant to be a dig at the frogs. It may be a better moniker than “Big Brother” — think “nanny state.” Or perhaps, picking up again on Lewis’ Hideous Strength, “Big Fairy” would capture it best of all.

Maybe our French cousins will prove to be the first with enough mettle to resist effectively.

]]> by: MRB http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-33742 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:39:49 +0000 http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-33742 Jew Sarkozy is trying to create his own version of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4703054.ece" rel="nofollow">Big Brother</a> in France -- though the French call it, not surprisingly, "Big Sister." Jew Sarkozy is trying to create his own version of Big Brother in France — though the French call it, not surprisingly, “Big Sister.”

]]> by: MRB http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-16884 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:34:17 +0000 http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-16884 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7123887.stm" rel="nofollow">"There is no longer any privacy"</a> in the United Kingdom. The same will soon be true of the US (assuming there still is any). “There is no longer any privacy” in the United Kingdom. The same will soon be true of the US (assuming there still is any).

]]> by: MRB http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-15057 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:39:36 +0000 http://butler-harris.org/archives/250#comment-15057 Actor <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071022224858.26jq1m79&show_article=1" rel="nofollow">Ewan McGregor</a> is fed up with Britain's nanny state. He found Africa, of all places, to be much freer than his own nation. Actor Ewan McGregor is fed up with Britain’s nanny state. He found Africa, of all places, to be much freer than his own nation.

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