"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself, anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face; was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime." George Orwell, 1984
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:06:15 +0000
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