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Emptied of expectation. Relax. ([personal profile] tinyjo) wrote2006-08-11 09:43 am

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"There is more than one kind of freedom...Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it."
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

"It is up to each and all of us to ask the questions: what price our security? What price our freedoms? At what cost can we preserve our freedoms?"
John Reid (Quoted here)

I am also disturbed by the fact that John Reid reminds me more every day of Adam Sutler. Yes, the Tories were greedy, hypocritical and often uncaring while in office but on the other hand they didn't always make me think of fascist dystopian futures either...
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[identity profile] fba.livejournal.com 2006-08-11 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Is strange isn't it? 1997 felt like it was going to be a huge change for the better - and while there has been quite a lot of progressive legislation passed I can't help but boggle at how authoritarian Blair and his cronies have got :(