[CrackMonkey] Freaking Media.

[Brian Hicks]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 08:53:19PM -0700, mike dillon wrote:
> this "Emmanuel Goldstein" seems to be some guy named Allen Lee (also owner of
> superprivate.com). like Eric Corley (who i can only guess you are assuming this
> guy is, with your unfoundedly disdainful and inappropriately disdainful
> comment), Mr. Lee chose the name "Emmanuel Goldstein" as a pseudonym when
> registering his domains with "Dotster".  wow, i guess they both must have read
> George Orwell's _1984_, where Emmanuel Goldstein is an mythic revolutionary,
> inspiring the protagonist Winston Smith to push past the repressive bounds of
> Big Brother's society to attain a momentary a glimpse of freedom.
> 
> perhaps you should read it some day too, dumbass. i think there are even a
> couple film versions, too, in case you can't bring yourself to turn off the
> boob tube and pick up a book.

For maximum irony, watch the British version which was made, convenently
enough, in 1984.  Those wacky Brits.

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