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I am disturbed by the creepy similarities to "A Clockwork Orange" (which the article refers to, as well). The concluding paragraph is plain scary. I hope UK's
by albertcardona 17y ago
I am disturbed by the creepy similarities to "A Clockwork Orange" (which the article refers to, as well).
The concluding paragraph is plain scary. I hope UK's situation is not entire like that.
- pvg 17y agoWhat exactly are the 'creepy similarities' beyond the authors' tenuous grasp on reality? Is anyone at all being "forced to take drugs that induce nausea and to watch graphically violent movies for two weeks, while simultaneously listening to Beethoven"?
- albertcardona 17y agoThe movie (and the novel) portrayed an active-aggressive policing of citizens. What is described in this article (even if perhaps exaggerated) is not unlike what the movie portrays, but in passive form. The concluding paragraph--on adults trying to educate/entertain/police youngsters from afar, without engaging with them--is scary for the recognition it evokes. Not only the UK is pretending that giant masses of uneducated citizens are to be dealt with sticks and stones, instead of books.
- pvg 17y agoAt that point you might say 'the movie/book and the article were both about people'. That makes them easily comparable to Beowulf or Chaucer. Suggesting they are substantially similar is armwavy wankery, unless you can actually describe a way in which they are substantially similar.
- mynameishere 17y agoThe author does not understand that book/movie in the least sense.
- yason 17y agoI hope these youngsters don't also, in addition to generally being in wrong places, make the huge mistake of taking on photography. In the light of recent news from the same country, that could really get them in trouble: a loiterer and a terrorist.