<div dir="ltr"><div>Oh well, I fell for it. :)<br><br></div>Thanks Jake. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 12:01 AM, Torrie Fischer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tdfischer@hackerbots.net" target="_blank">tdfischer@hackerbots.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In fact, the point of this art piece is to get people to realize how pants-on-<br>
head stupid it is to call entire groups of people terrorists.<br>
<br>
:)<br>
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On Friday, November 27, 2015 11:58:43 PM Jake wrote:<br>
> Daniel,<br>
><br>
> it's not supposed to be taken literally - rather it's a direct reference<br>
> to a well-known book called 1984 written by George Orwell.<br>
><br>
> please read the wikipedia page to get a better idea of what the book is<br>
> about:<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four</a><br>
><br>
> and here is a text copy of the book if you want to read it.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://spaz.org/~jake/1984.txt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://spaz.org/~jake/1984.txt</a><br>
><br>
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015, <a href="mailto:danarauz@gmail.com">danarauz@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
> > Hi Torrie,<br>
> ><br>
> > With good intention I downloaded and installed the Chrome extension so<br>
> > that I could check it out and possible give you some feedback.<br>
> ><br>
> > Well, when reading the extension information I was quickly shocked that<br>
> > the example shown says that the word "Terrorists" gets replaced by the<br>
> > phrase "The Nation of Eastasia".<br>
> ><br>
> > That is a big turn off for me, because at least in my mind it implies that<br>
> > all people in East Asia are terrorists. And that is a very awful thing to<br>
> > say or support.<br>
> ><br>
> > I deleted the extension.<br>
> ><br>
> > Daniel<br>
> ><br>
> > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Torrie Fischer <<a href="mailto:tdfischer@hackerbots.net">tdfischer@hackerbots.net</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
> >       Hi, Sudo Room.<br>
> ><br>
> >       I've been super frustrated at world events lately, what with the US<br>
> >       government labelling everyone a terrorist, the NSA being so<br>
> >       pervasive, and white protestant males excusing other white<br>
> >       protestant males for shooting up planned parenthoods and such.<br>
> ><br>
> >       So here's a chrome extension I threw together that helpfully<br>
> >       translates the<br>
> >       web using The Unabridged Newspeak Dictionary:<br>
> ><br>
> >       <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-unabridged-newspeak-d/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-unabridged-newspeak-d/</a><br>
> >       fiillclgkojaejeldlncpijkdmajhcph<br>
> ><br>
> >       Feedback and additions are welcome. Please share :)<br>
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