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Old 01-04-2016, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa View Post
You are apparently thinking locally rather than globally. Remember the locale for 1984 was not the United States.

Examples of arrest and punishment? The Soviet Gulags and Chairman Mao's "re-education" camps leap to mind.

In a similar vein, the post-war (WWII) Soviets were known to have re-written history books and altered historical photos to make certain people into "non-persons."
You're right. I wasn't thinking globally.