[107821] in Cypherpunks
Re: _1984_ vs _This_Perfect_Day_
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mgraffam@idsi.net)
Sun Jan 24 21:06:35 1999
From: mgraffam@idsi.net
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:46:50 -0500 (EST)
To: Jean-Francois Avon <jf_avon@citenet.net>
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Reply-To: mgraffam@idsi.net
On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
> Maybe, but you have to take things in their proper context. I never said we
> "should obey the Party", but I say that human ingenuity and tenaciousness can
> win against evil.
Thats the thing though. Even if we can't win, human dignity demands we
live as free men, even if in the end we are destroyed. You are going to
die anyhow, we all know that. The question, then, isn't how you died. The
question of import is how you lived. Orwell affirms this, I think.
> Since a story is NOT a re-telling of actual events but the
> presentation of an archetype, the sad ending leaves the reader with a
> sense of smallness and resignation.
:-) It always leaves me feeling really pissed off. Thats when I go code
some new crypto program and export it to help cool off. Hehehe.
> It hammers into them the belief that you can't beat tyrants.
Yeah, I'd agree here. Many times it does. But I think that it also
makes people realise that rebellion is important, even if you don't win.
> Oh, but, it's originally in english, named _This_Perfect_Day_, in french
> _Un_Bonheur_Insoutenable_ which translate more into "an unbearable happiness".
Ahh.. in that case, I'll make it a point to read it. Time to visit amazon
then, I guess :)
Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@idsi.net)
