Yes, 1984. A full-frontal attack on free speech wouldn’t work – even Stalin’s regime crumbled eventually. But when did it become OK to attack and threaten people on social media because they are black, or women, or Polish, or muslim, or environmentalists, or surgeons, or judges, or you name it… ?
Someone walked out in front of me yesterday whilst glued to their phone but luckily I was going very slowly and aware of people crossing in front of me. Thankfully as drivers we DO mostly observe our surroundings as we are going along.
“We really need the technology where all of this is wired directly into our brains.” – Love this unexpected twist 😀
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Yes, there are even those who might think I was being ironic…
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Very sad indeed….
No, nothing more into our brains, we need LESS of it all!!
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We’ll hardly notice it – and then we can dispense with doing anything and just stare into space.
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Scary thought. What was the book, Orwell’s “nineteen eighty-four”?
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Yes, 1984. A full-frontal attack on free speech wouldn’t work – even Stalin’s regime crumbled eventually. But when did it become OK to attack and threaten people on social media because they are black, or women, or Polish, or muslim, or environmentalists, or surgeons, or judges, or you name it… ?
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Never. Do unto others is still The Rule…
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Someone walked out in front of me yesterday whilst glued to their phone but luckily I was going very slowly and aware of people crossing in front of me. Thankfully as drivers we DO mostly observe our surroundings as we are going along.
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Maybe we should have walking licences? 🙂
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Now that is an excellent idea, I shall back that all the way to Westminster!
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More like an Intelligence Licence, lol
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