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Thoughtcrime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death. Orwell's Thought Police and their pursuit of thoughtcrime was based on the methods used by the totalitarian states and competing ideologies of the 20th century. An extremely controversial example of borderline thoughtcrime behavior is pedophilia. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thoughtcrime   (991 words)

Newspeak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thus Newspeak is an attempt by Orwell to describe a deliberate intent to exploit this decadence with the aim of oppressing its speakers. The basic idea behind Newspeak was to remove all shades of meaning from language, leaving simple dichotomies (pleasure and pain, happiness and sadness, good thoughts and thoughtcrimes) which reinforce the total dominance of the State. Some maintain that to make certain words or phrases "unspeakable" (thoughtcrime) restricts what ideas may be held (Newspeak) and is therefore tantamount to censorship. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Newspeak   (1824 words)

Thoughtcrime In George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four the government ("The Party" or Ingsoc) attempts to control not only the speech actions, but the thoughts of its subjects, labelling unapproved thoughts with the Newspeak term thoughtcrime. He also makes remarks to the effect that "Thoughtcrime is the only crime that matters," meaning that the totalitarian Ingsoc regime only cares that the population is not planning to overthrow it. Thus it is purely on the basis of the thought or mood of the involuntarily committed person that he is deprived of freedom. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/Thoughtcrime.html   (249 words)

Thought Police - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Thought Police (thinkpol in Newspeak) was the secret police in George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. It was the job of the Thought Police to uncover and punish thoughtcrime, using psychology and omnipresent surveillance to find and eliminate members of society who were capable of the mere thought of challenging ruling authority. In the government attempts to control not only the speech and actions, but also the thoughts of its subjects, labeling unapproved thoughts with the term thoughtcrime or, in Newspeak, "crimethink". en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thought_Police   (239 words)

Does this look familiar? - SaveOurState I remember this guy and he was all over the place, ranting and raving and he was also way too young to be a cop. Hey Thoughtcrime, if you are an immigration lawyer, here is an idea for you. Thoughtcrime seems to have a problem with the non violent protestors exercising their first ammendment rights while siding with the violent crimminal element. www.saveourstate.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=2555   (1867 words)

1984   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The trouble is that the Party frowns on art, on sex, on the life of the mind- in fact, on everything that is not Party business, hatred of the Party´s enemies, and love of Big Brother. The worst crime to be committed in this society is to commit Thoughtcrime, meaning to have evil thoughts against the Party or Big Brother. The parents live in permanent fear of being announced by their own children, who are permanently looking out for thoughtcrime. rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de /~english2/novel/Books/plot1984.htm   (986 words)

Thoughtcrime: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Orwell's Thought Police and their pursuit of thoughtcrime was based on the methods used by the totalitarian (The concept of totalitarianism encapsulates the characteristics of a number of twentieth-century régimes that mobilized...) An extremely controversial example of borderline thoughtcrime behaviour is pedophilia (Sexual activity of an adult with a child) This has caused great concern among human rights ((law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)) www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/thoughtcrime   (2721 words)

Thoughtcrime - Uncyclopedia Thoughtcrime, as deciminated from the enemy Goldstein, who is being protected by the Eastasian government, causes these inturpitudes upon humanity. FicDEP products do not cause Thoughtcrime, but Thoughtcrime can be comitted when one believes that Fiction could be applied to reality, and that any materials produced by FicDEP are superior to the reality the Party afords us. Trust in knowing that Party Members who are turned in for Thoughtcrime will thank you when they are cured of the vile muck which has invested their thoughts. uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Thoughtcrime   (663 words)

Newspeak Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) And under a totalitarian regime, that is the single greatest act of thoughtcrime possible. They are not as rigidly observed as members of the party, and very few (if any) have telescreens in their home. They are permitted to indulge in pornography, prostitution, and other acts considered thoughtcrime, simply because it would be impossible to observe all of them as rigidly as the party observes its own members. www.newspeakdictionary.com /ns-dict.html   (4692 words)

Thoughtcrime: Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Thoughtcrime is a literary game designed for use in secondary literature classes reading the novel 1984. Played in a virtual world that brings the totalitarian regime of Big Brother to life, Thoughtcrime pits players against each other in a subtle struggle for survival. Thoughtcrime may be played with small or large classes, from school or home computers with Internet connections. faculty.gvsu.edu /rozemar/thoughtcrime/pages/home.htm   (120 words)

xthoughtcrimex - thoughtcrime- an x-men rpg - Pictures Below is information about the "thoughtcrime- an x-men rpg" community on GreatestJournal. A group of telepaths and ferals known as the Thoughtpolice monitor the members of the Party, listening to their thoughts and erasing anyone who has unorthodox thoughts, anyone who commits thoughtcrime. A scattered few slowly begin to question, begin to commit the most heinous act of thoughtcrime. www.greatestjournal.com /userinfo.bml?user=xthoughtcrimex   (722 words)

Thought Crime However, probably the best model for ThoughtCrime in the western world is deviant sexual desires. Hopefully we will never reach the stage where thoughts can be monitored and judged by others but we should evaluate our own thought life it is a component of our LifeVectors. As we all know, the only remedy for ThoughtCrime is PoliticalCorrectness. c2.com /cgi/wiki?ThoughtCrime   (742 words)

Secondary Worlds: Teaching, Technology, and English Language Arts » Blog Archive » Thoughtcrime Part of ... Had some good news recently: my dissertation director at Western Michigan just landed a pretty sizable grant for creating and developing virtual realities for the study of literature (see the sixth bullet point). Although I did not play in Thoughtcrime, I did enjoy the BNW aspect to LogMoo. Thanks for opening up that world to me. Although I do not dabble as much as I once did in the world of MOOs, I do keep up my blog regularly (though sadly, it has been relegated to describe mundane daily tasks most of the time). secondaryworlds.com /?p=161   (749 words)

TechNews - Thoughtcrime in the 21st century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Winston Smith said in the book that thoughtcrime is the only crime that matters, because all crime must first start with a thought. Many words from Orwell’s book have entered the mainstream thought of America – thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Big Brother, Room 101, and the Thought Police. Legislating against the motive is nothing more than thoughtcrime in modern day America. technews.iit.edu /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=39   (504 words)

Cube :: You may be guilty of thoughtcrime if ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Groupthink :: You may be guilty of thoughtcrime if... Press this button if you believe that your neighbors, family, co-workers, or yourself are guilty of thought crimes. Comrade Jeff Foxworthy has suggested that we compile a list of signs of thoughtcrime, similar to the one he has compiled for the red-state, bush-voting, fly-over, flag-waving Americans who for whatever counter-revolutionary reason go under the name of "red" necks. www.thepeoplescube.com /red/viewtopic.php?t=118   (4124 words)

Le Mont De Sisyphe - le blog qui rend beau et intelligent: Thoughtcrime II Le Mont De Sisyphe - le blog qui rend beau et intelligent: Thoughtcrime II Notify Blogger about objectionable content. And history should never be highjacked by politics through the legal system. What David Irving really committed, was an Orwellian thoughtcrime. sisyphosmount.blogspot.com /2006/02/thoughtcrime-ii.html   (521 words)

1984 by George Orwell: A searchable online version at The Literature Network O'Brien is actually a faithful member of the Inner-Party and this is actually a trap for Winston, a trap that O'Brien has been cleverly setting for seven years. Winston and Julia are sent to the Ministry of Love which is a sort of rehabilitation center for criminals accused of thoughtcrime. There, Winston was separated from Julia, and tortured until his beliefs coincided with those of the Party. www.online-literature.com /orwell/1984   (1713 words)

Metro Times Detroit - Musicians - : Thoughtcrime Enterprise Presents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Metro Times Detroit - Musicians - : Thoughtcrime Enterprise Presents Thoughtcrime Enterprise presents a description, than an End. Please attach events to this musicians listing by using our Self-Publishing interface online. www.metrotimes.com /metropolis/sonic/artistprofile.asp?id=10683   (137 words)

Thoughtcrime -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Supporters of the anti-psychiatry movement claim that a similar practice is still in use in the United States. An extremely controversial example of borderline thoughtcrime behaviour is pedophilia. Guardian report: MPs criticise lock-up plan for mentally ill. July 25, 2000de:Gedankenverbrechen psychcentral.com /psypsych/Thoughtcrime   (1056 words)

morons.org - Kentucky Student Charged with Felony Thoughtcrime Poole's bond has been set at $5,000 due to the "seriousness" of the charge of felony threatening of zombie attack. This thoughtcrime case reminds us of earlier cases including an Atlanta student expelled from school over a fiction in her diary and a Canadian student charged over a fictional story who later had the charges against him dropped. I wanna know what to think before I jump on the "thoughtcrime" bandwagon. web.morons.org /article.jsp?sectionid=1&id=6017   (2219 words)

morons.org - Man Questioned for Thoughtcrime in Atlanta Morons.org is designed to function best with browsers that can handle CSS2 at a minimum for font, color, background color and border attributes. Be careful what you read in public; you could find yourself visited by the FBI... That subversive literature might get you disappeared here in the land of the free. web.morons.org /article.jsp?sectionid=1&id=3653   (1263 words)

Subject: ThoughtCrime - The Power Of Words - Freedom Lives Date: Fri, 03 Subject: ThoughtCrime - The Power Of Words - Freedom Lives Date: Fri, 03 "thoughtcrime" and "crimestop." If your current knowledge is "legal," Slave perspective, attacking and ridiculing their words is no doubt a www.mindspring.com /~toxiccow/12_0034.html   (1057 words)

Page 15 - Obesity thoughtcrime Re: Why are people unwilling (Re: Obesity thoughtcrime You are (of course) correct: a slip of the digits. The fat guy is not focusing - he is going through the motions. www.cyclingforums.com /t-44195-15-15.html   (2340 words)

Partial Newspeak Glossary and Selected Quotes from George Orwell’s 1984   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Crimestop: "the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought." [174] Crimethink (thoughtcrime): "He had committed—would still have committed, even is he had never set pen to paper—the essential crime that contained all others in itself. In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it." [46] jagger.me.berkeley.edu /~lawton/1984.htm   (517 words)

Amazon.com: 1984 : Centennial Edition: Books: Thomas Pynchon,Erich Fromm,George Orwell,Eric Arthur Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) In 1984, there is a dreary monotony of provision in society rather than a vibrant free market; the heavy hand of the state has stunted everything. Technical innovations are controlled by the state; two-way wall-sized televisions spy on people; the Thought Police (a futuristic version of Homeland Security, or is it vice-versa?) monitors thoughtcrime. Hidden microphones add to their NSA-like arsenal of state control and state terrorism. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0452284236?v=glance   (2200 words)

ThoughtCrime Send check or money order to payable to my public service firm, NNC, at Postal Box 803, San Marcos, California 92079-0803. Your time to act is now while you still have a few years remaining before Big Brother and the thoughtcrime police gain total victory over individual freedoms and your personal legacy. Of David Ross's novel "Cranium," which posits a future where there is no privacy, where the tyranny of the mob rules a fragmented United States via instant and constant referendums on the Internet, and where journalists are the true power----or are they? davidross.info /current2.html   (5974 words)

Boing Boing: Airport luggage inspectors policing thoughtcrime What the hell does keeping bombs off airplanes have to do with winkling out protest signs? Nothing like a little thoughtcrime policing to undermine the entire mission and credibility of the TSA. Nico Melendez, western regional spokesman for the TSA, said the note in Goldberg's luggage will be investigated, but he said there's no proof that a TSA employee wrote it. www.boingboing.net /2003/03/15/airport_luggage_insp.html   (272 words)

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