From: Bill Lucy 

In article ,
rgparker{at}west.net says...
> I want to emphasize this particular section that addresses Bill Lucy's
> comment especially:
>
MPG.137f99336ce277c698a2c2{at}news.barkto.com>, note these cogitations
> from rgparker{at}west.net Randall Parker:
> > O'Brien's re-education of Winston in 1984 went to the heart of
> > such invasiveness. "We are not content with negative
obedience.... When
> > finally you surrender to us, it must be of your own free will." The
> > Party wanted not to destroy the heretic but to "capture his
inner mind."
> > Where others were content to command "Thou shalt not"
or "Thou shalt,"
> > O'Brien explains, "Our command is `Thou art.'" To reach that end
> > requires "learning... understanding [and] acceptance," and the
> > realization that one has no control even over one's inner soul.

Actually, that doesn't represent my comment much at all -- although toward
the end of the article there is a position taken by the author which I
agree with.

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