tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post6150746280820439294..comments2024-01-11T07:40:01.736-05:00Comments on The Stopped Clock: Tails, You LoseAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-27444505940626384062008-07-02T12:35:00.000-04:002008-07-02T12:35:00.000-04:00I probably should have noted Hitchens' reference t...I probably should have noted Hitchens' reference to 1984's "room 101". Hitchens claims to be a huge fan of Orwell, and pours scorn on those he sees as misunderstanding Orwell. So remind me again, when Winston was to face the "worst thing in the world" in Room 101, how much actual application of force or pain on his person did it take to break him?<BR/><BR/>None?<BR/><BR/>Yet it seems Orwell intended us to understand that it was "real" torture.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.com