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  1. 16th July 2009, 10:51 #1
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    Aldous Huxley v George Orwell

    Scarily accurate - we are amusing ourselves into oblivion.

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  2. 16th July 2009, 11:31 #2
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    Good find Winston...as you say - scarily true.
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    Arse biscuit.
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    Panem et circensium. But - why are all the dystopias from so long ago. Does no-one nowadays see the future and fear it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    Does no-one nowadays see the future and fear it?
    I wonder when Playstation 4 will come out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dave View Post
    Arse biscuit.

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    So who here has read FUTURE SHOCK BY Alvin Toffler??


    For those interested on social issues it has become scaringly accurate.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    Does no-one nowadays see the future and fear it?
    I look at England and become nervous...
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    "The Alien anthropologist admitted he was still perplexed
    but on eliminating every other reason for our sad demise
    he lodged the only explanation left
    this species has amused it self to death"

    Roger waters...... Amused to Death


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