tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post5170389587367078694..comments2024-03-18T23:59:21.723-04:00Comments on The League of Extraordinary Writers: Could it really happen?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431700962951592287noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-54636377882740144422011-03-01T21:17:26.918-05:002011-03-01T21:17:26.918-05:00Great comments, everyone!
Definitely lots of dyst...Great comments, everyone!<br /><br />Definitely lots of dystopianesque stuff going on in today's world - and - we need to watch that & put it in check whenever possible!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783105022383640157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-55858538313606346382011-03-01T13:45:34.282-05:002011-03-01T13:45:34.282-05:00I think your examples are excellent basis for why ...I think your examples are excellent basis for why a true dystopia could happen - for goodness sake, look at the situation in North Korea - there is not a piece of public information there that is not controlled. Also, in a sense, XVI already happens in certain religious sects - look at he FDLS. A particular age may not be a catalyst, but a girl hitting puberty is. Never say never - it's a slippery slope to extremism.<br /><br />-Linds, <a href="http://bibliophilebrouhaha.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">bibliophile brouhaha</a>bibliophile brouhahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135625757196944536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-26098525464966708792011-03-01T12:57:38.080-05:002011-03-01T12:57:38.080-05:00Any of the myriad of laws that give the government...Any of the myriad of laws that give the government more control of kids than their parents.Three Turtles and Their Pet Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097199417023865939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-63646695612594234092011-03-01T12:42:26.425-05:002011-03-01T12:42:26.425-05:00I recently finished the book and I don't think...I recently finished the book and I don't think it's impossible at all. Look at how women's reproductive rights are slowly being changed, altered, even taken away in some cases. <br /><br />Our society seems to forget that women have only had the right to vote for 91 years...it might not take much to reduce our rights to almost nothing again. <br /><br />SCARY!! But that's the point of sci-fi, isn't it? <br /><br />Great post, and I think XVI ought to find itself on some required reading lists for high school.Tere Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562750950130316280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468546013884694910.post-78548091479999804662011-03-01T10:11:28.747-05:002011-03-01T10:11:28.747-05:00A friend of mine is a huge fan of Orwell, especial...A friend of mine is a huge fan of Orwell, especially 1984.<br /><br />He says that we live in that world of 1984, just that it's subtler. We are watched everyday by people who would report us, there are surveillance and security measures everywhere, even in ones own home.<br /><br />One thing I dislike and even find myself slightly worrisome about is the fact that everything you delete on your phone, laptop or any other electronic device capable of memory, isn't truly deleted. Its still there, saved hidden in the hard-drive just in case police may want access. I find this exceptionally spooky and rather dystopian.<br /><br />It's like we only have privacy when it is irrelevant and convenient.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530490398283237371noreply@blogger.com