[free-sklyarov] Oink?

Nick Moffitt nick at zork.net
Thu Jul 26 14:32:36 PDT 2001


Begin Adrian Dunston quotation:
> Interesting Historical Note:
> 	http://www.flipside.org/vol3/mar00/00mr29b.htm
> Back in 1955, the CIA (United States Central Intelligence Agency)
> actually bought the rights to make the animated film Animal Farm (as
> well as a few others) in order to make sure the film was "on
> message".  I love my government.

	Yep.  The book ends with the standard "a pox on both your
houses" message, showing that there was no difference between the
Communist dictators and the kind they freed the people from.  The CIA
made it more of a "Capitalism good, communism bad!" message.

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