Re: [sudo-discuss] Unabridged Newspeak Dictionary

Daniel, it's not supposed to be taken literally - rather it's a direct reference to a well-known book called 1984 written by George Orwell. please read the wikipedia page to get a better idea of what the book is about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four and here is a text copy of the book if you want to read it. http://spaz.org/~jake/1984.txt On Fri, 27 Nov 2015, danarauz(a)gmail.com wrote: > Hi Torrie, > > With good intention I downloaded and installed the Chrome extension so > that I could check it out and possible give you some feedback. > > Well, when reading the extension information I was quickly shocked that > the example shown says that the word "Terrorists" gets replaced by the > phrase "The Nation of Eastasia". > > That is a big turn off for me, because at least in my mind it implies

> all people in East Asia are terrorists. And that is a very awful thing

> say or support. > > I deleted the extension. > > Daniel > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Torrie Fischer <

> Hi, Sudo Room. > > I've been super frustrated at world events lately, what with the

> government labelling everyone a terrorist, the NSA being so > pervasive, and white protestant males excusing other white > protestant males for shooting up planned parenthoods and such. > > So here's a chrome extension I threw together that helpfully > translates the > web using The Unabridged Newspeak Dictionary: > >

> fiillclgkojaejeldlncpijkdmajhcph > > Feedback and additions are welcome. Please share :) > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/sudo-discuss > > -- > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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