"Amusing Ourselves to Death" in pictures – by Stuart McMillen


	"Amusing Ourselves to Death" in pictures – by Stuart McMillen

Lexica

6-3-2009 1:08 PM

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entertainment, anesthetic, george-orwell, aldous-huxley, neil-postman, amusing-ourselves-to-death

Lexica says:

Looks like it's game, set, and match to Huxley.

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6-3-2009 9:46 PM

ofcapri

Eric Arthur Blair new what he was talking about didn't he?...........
Aldous Huxley new what he was talking about too didn't he?...........
Hmmm. Kinda makes you think!

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