Psychological torture and homeland security...

"The two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of
the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of
independent thought. There are therefore two great problems
which the Party is concerned to solve. One is how to discover,
against his will, what another human being is thinking, and the
other is how to kill several hundred million people in a few
seconds without giving warning beforehand. In so far as
scientific research still continues, this is its subject matter."

"The scientist of today is either a mixture of psychologist and
inquisitor, studying with extraordinary minuteness of facial
expressions, gestures, and tones of voice, and testing the truth-
producing effects of drugs, shock therapy, hypnosis, and physical
torture; or he is a chemist, physicist, or biologist concerned
only with such branches of his special subject as are relevant to
the taking of life."

-- 1984

On Jan 9, 4:41 pm, dank <d....RemoveThis@nugget.org> wrote:
> "The two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of
> the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of
> independent thought. There are therefore two great problems
> which the Party is concerned to solve. One is how to discover,
> against his will, what another human being is thinking, and the
> other is how to kill several hundred million people in a few
> seconds without giving warning beforehand. In so far as
> scientific research still continues, this is its subject matter."
>
> "The scientist of today is either a mixture of psychologist and
> inquisitor, studying with extraordinary minuteness of facial
> expressions, gestures, and tones of voice, and testing the truth-
> producing effects of drugs, shock therapy, hypnosis, and physical
> torture; or he is a chemist, physicist, or biologist concerned
> only with such branches of his special subject as are relevant to
> the taking of life."
>
> -- 1984

What's the diff if the government owns the business, or the business
owns the government?
You are worried about Big Brother, when the real risk is Ma Bell.