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Students for an Orwellian Society
Because 2009 is 25 years too late.
What is SOS?
Students for an Orwellian Society (SOS) is a nationwide student group. AlthoughSOS has always been a nationwide student group, there is evidence to suggestthat it first appeared at
Columbia University 
. The mission of SOS is topromote the vision of a society based upon the principles of Ingsoc, firstarticulated by George Orwell in his prophetic novel,
1984
. As an Oceania-wide organization, SOS has a number of local chapters. For apartial listing, see our
contact
section.George Orwell
Doubleplusgood Book Collection Activity
Students for an Orwellian Society is proud to co-sponsor a
 book collectionactivity 
wherein copies of the prophetic novel
1984
will be sent to members of the U.S. House and Senate who voted for the plusgood bill, the
Military Commissions Act
. This offers the Innner Party members a token of our thanksfor their good work and guidance for their future activities.
The Ministry of Love
is organizing the project.
Successes
 As to be expected, SOS has been quite successful. Since the events of 11 September, we have been able to convince a number of figures in national andlocal politics to help forward our aims. How could they do otherwise?
 
Our successes can be shown to fit into the three major ideals of Ingsoc asexpressed by Orwell:
War Is Peace
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Oceania (commonly called the US and Britain) is at war with
 Afghanistan
Iraq. Oceania has always been at war with
 Afghanistan
 
Iraq
.
•
 
Eurasia (commonly called Russia, Pakistan, etc.) is
allied with Oceania
 in war against Afghanistan. Eurasia has
always been allied
withOceania.
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US Congressman Charlie Rangel
has been arguing for
a return of military conscription (“
The Draft
”) as—so he tells the public— a way of 
reducing
war.
•
 
It's not easy to
capture someone killed the year before
—until youharness the power of Ingsoc. When you've got Ingsoc on your side, though,it's so easy that the US
did it again
.
•
 
Three cheers for
Homeland Security drone patrols
!
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In order to fight terrorism,
 we must cause it
, says Donald Rumsfeld.
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It's okay 
that there were no
“weapons of mass destruction”
in Iraq;that's
not why we went to war
. It's equally okay that there are
somany 
of 
them
in
Oceania
.
•
 
The Nobel prize committee has been considering
nominating GeorgeBush and Tony Blair
for their prestigious Peace prize.
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Just like in
1984
's Room 101, the Miniluv operations in Guantánamo Bay 
 were authorized to
“exploit[] a prisoner's phobias, sometimes usingmuzzled dogs in interrogations.” Doubleplusgood!
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 According to the Bush administration
, the
Duelfer report
whichconclusively showed that there were no
 weapons of mass destruction
 in Iraq actually justifies the war in Iraq.
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“I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talkingabout peace.” —
George W. Bush
, 43rd President of the United States
•
 
“Protecting [an] Islamic cultural center”
involves fighting a war insideit
, as the
New York Times on the Web
shows.
Freedom Is Slavery
•
 
The
 Anti-Terrorism Act
ensures US citizens' freedom by ensuring theFBI's ability to examine their activities.
 
•
 
Security cameras have been placed around the Columbia campus andaround the
island of Manhattan
.
•
 
If you are buying postage,
do not ask for stamps without flags onthem
. Such would clearly be a sign of lack-of-patriotism, and we at SOSare glad to see that the Post Office is cracking down on it.
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 We encourage all true citizens of this country to join
Operation TIPS
, which, we promise, will help further an Orwellian society in ways that weat SOS cannot even begin to fathom.
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There's really nothing we can say about DARPA's
Total Information Awareness
project except to thank them for
all
 
their
 
hard
 
 work 
.
•
 
 While Victory Gin is not (as far as we know) yet available, the sale of 
freedom fries
is an important first step; freedom fries and freedom toastare also now available
in Congress
. Also, check out
 Victory Beer
, and
 W Ketchup
 
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The truly Orwellian and praiseworthy Transportation Safety  Administration gets our thanks for
spotting anti-Americanism
inpassengers' baggage.
•
 
Flying while wearing certain buttons
may not be permitted
. It is,apparently, okay to wear a button saying, “Hooray for Tony Blair,” though.
•
 
Similarly,
carrying a note
stating that you do not have a bomb in your bag is equivalent to saying that you
do
have a bomb.
•
 
 When flying, you may use the toilet. However, if it is occupied,
do not
 
 waitin line
for it to become free. Only a terrorist would do that.
•
 
 We've been notified that Apple Computer company, which once madepublic anti-Orwellianism pronouncements, is now 
coming around toour side
. (Note: Link contains a quicktime movie.)
•
 
The Junior Anti-Sex League is
offering grants
to organizations whichsupport its work.
•
 
In London, feel
secure beneath the watchful eyes
of 
Transport forLondon
.
•
 
 We're pleased to see the
subpoena
of the National Lawyer's Guild andother anti-war activists. It's time to keep those activists
in their place
.
•
 
In the UK, the wrongly convicted are
charged for their “food andlodgings”
while in prison.
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 A student in Washington state was disciplined and questioned by theSecret Service for
drawing ungood pictures
of the President.
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