[OT] Orwell is alive and well in Canada

[R. Quenett]

mutilated misquotes 
from burns's 1 Dec 2005 classic prose
may follow:

[sniippage]

" A satellite GPS-enabled device that calculates your speed and will prevent the 
" gas pedal from being depressed further once you have reached the mandated 

There's a sig going around, my apologies I don't have the proper 
attribution, and I've yanked out the usa specific reference:

"Other than telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, 
educate our children and, now, die, I think the 
[$whoeverYouMostLoveToHate] have done a fine job of getting 
government out of our personal lives."

That about cover it?  And, anyway, no one who doesn't want to be 
speeding all the time will complain about the above mentioned device 
anyway.  Hmmmm?

" Time to move to Texas.

I thought about it.  You know, I don't think it would turn out to be 
much if any better once all the tallies were reckoned.  The rot is 
everywhere.  [Disclaimer:  the foregoing is not an anti-american, 
anti-texas rant, so save your applause for someone who deserves it.  
Thankyou.]

Time to go to bed.

R
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