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President George W. Bush today issued an Executive Order banning sales of the book “1984” by Englishman Eric Blair. The order was made on the grounds that the book was subversive of the War on Terrorism. Copies will be withdrawn from public libraries in the US over the next few weeks.
Commenting, the President said, “I thought he was my friend when we zapped Saddam. It just shows how wrong you can be about a guy.”
The book was stated to subvert the Patriot Act by criticising extended surveillance, and impugn the invasion of Iraq (and any other invasions under consideration) by claiming that an ongoing state of war was necessary to continue the President in office. It was also said to cast aspersions on the articulateness and intelligence of the President, by implying that the American language was being simplified in order to confine it to concepts within the President’s understanding.
The President said that the author also appeared to confuse him with the Governor of Florida by frequent references to “Big Brother”.
The White House stated that the Executive Order was not without precedent, as a similar book by Englishman George Orwell had been banned from Miami public libraries in the 1950s as being politically subversive.
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President George W. Bush today issued an Executive Order banning sales of the book “1984” by Englishman Eric Blair. The order was made on the grounds that the book was subversive of the War on Terrorism. Copies will be withdrawn from public libraries in the US over the next few weeks.
Commenting, the President said, “I thought he was my friend when we zapped Saddam. It just shows how wrong you can be about a guy.”
The book was stated to subvert the Patriot Act by criticising extended surveillance, and impugn the invasion of Iraq (and any other invasions under consideration) by claiming that an ongoing state of war was necessary to continue the President in office. It was also said to cast aspersions on the articulateness and intelligence of the President, by implying that the American language was being simplified in order to confine it to concepts within the President’s understanding.
The President said that the author also appeared to confuse him with the Governor of Florida by frequent references to “Big Brother”.
The White House stated that the Executive Order was not without precedent, as a similar book by Englishman George Orwell had been banned from Miami public libraries in the 1950s as being politically subversive.
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