Opinion of George Orwell

[Robespierre's Jaw]

What is your opinion of famous author and journalist. Not to mention of the World's famous Anti-Stalin leftists George Orwell (1903-1950)?

Discuss.

[opebo]

Come on!  Its Freedom Fighter or Horrible Person.  And he was actually a Freedom Fighter.

[dead0man]

Only a Commie or a Fundie would have major problems with Orwell.

[minionofmidas]

He went senile early, but before that he was one of the greatest FFs of them all.

[Platypus]

I'm guessing that your school has chosen 1984 from the syllabus? We did it too

Positive, especially considering the circumstances of his time.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Positive, of course. But, and I've said this before, his best work can usually be found in his essays.

[opebo]

And as he has done so many times before, Al presents common knowledge as if it were his special contribution.  Thanks, Al.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

And as he has done so many times before, Al presents common knowledge as if it were his special contribution.  Thanks, Al.

It should be common knowledge, but it isn't. Though how are you defining "common knowledge"?

[opebo]

And as he has done so many times before, Al presents common knowledge as if it were his special contribution.  Thanks, Al.

It should be common knowledge, but it isn't. Though how are you defining "common knowledge"?

Well, anyone who has read his oeuvre, which in my experience is irresistable once you've read any one thing.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

And as he has done so many times before, Al presents common knowledge as if it were his special contribution.  Thanks, Al.

It should be common knowledge, but it isn't. Though how are you defining "common knowledge"?

Well, anyone who has read his oeuvre, which in my experience is irresistable once you've read any one thing.

So common knowledge within an unfortunately small segment of the population? True enough.

[John Dibble]

Positive, though he wasn't perfect.

[minionofmidas]

And as he has done so many times before, Al presents common knowledge as if it were his special contribution.  Thanks, Al.

It should be common knowledge, but it isn't. Though how are you defining "common knowledge"?

Well, anyone who has read his oeuvre, which in my experience is irresistable once you've read any one thing.

So common knowledge within an unfortunately small segment of the population? True enough.

Knowledge common to Al, Opebo and me is Common Knowledge in my book.

[Aizen]

Positive. I'm re-reading 1984 right now.

[Willy Woz]

He went senile early, but before that he was one of the greatest FFs of them all.

[Robespierre's Jaw]

I'm guessing that your school has chosen 1984 from the syllabus? We did it too

Actually Animal Farm . That's a pretty good book.

Considering we're reading Animal Farm in school at the moment, it sparked off a debate between two of my friends. One who believed that communism, in theory was good, whilst capitalism was good for two things. Religion and Power. Now that man who debated for the Capitalist side cannot debate.

BTW: Positive (aka Freedom Fighter)

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Very Positive; I've read Animal Farm and 1984, and I prefer Animal Farm.

[Lief 🗽]

Positive, though I prefer Upton Sinclair when it's come to socialist authors.

[Хahar 🤔]

Only a Commie or a Fundie would have major problems with Orwell.

Commie? Orwell was a socialist.

FF

[perdedor]

Very positive. 1984 is one of my favorite novels of all time.

[dead0man]

Only a Commie or a Fundie would have major problems with Orwell.

Commie? Orwell was a socialist.

FF

Now there is no difference between the two?  Damn.  I've been hearing all these years that socialism and communism were two seperate things, guess all those socialists were wrong.  That isn't suprising

[Хahar 🤔]

Only a Commie or a Fundie would have major problems with Orwell.

Commie? Orwell was a socialist.

FF

Now there is no difference between the two?  Damn.  I've been hearing all these years that socialism and communism were two seperate things, guess all those socialists were wrong.  That isn't suprising

There is, it's just not that large.

[dead0man]

So Orwell liked Communism then?

[Beet]

Orwell had major problems with Soviet communism. There was a huge split that happened when the communists basically took over the Republican side in the Spanish civil war. Wartime conditions favor Stalinistic communism over other forms of leftism.

[minionofmidas]

And as he has done so many times before, Al presents common knowledge as if it were his special contribution.  Thanks, Al.

It should be common knowledge, but it isn't. Though how are you defining "common knowledge"?

Well, anyone who has read his oeuvre, which in my experience is irresistable once you've read any one thing.

So common knowledge within an unfortunately small segment of the population? True enough.

Knowledge common to Al, Opebo and me is Common Knowledge in my book.

To extrapolate - notice how everybody else in this thread references only 1984 (easily Orwell's most intellectually lazy, least convincing effort) and Animal Farm (better, and very funny, but basically a children's book, and just as unrepresentative of Orwell's thought and oeuvre)? That's how common that knowledge is...

[Platypus]

Lewis, I know of his Burmese writings, and thats one of the reasons I had a qualifier in my post.