Currently Reading 1984 (Signet Classics) By George Orwell see related

In the last couple of weeks or so of school, I had virtually nothing to do. So what does one do when one is bored with nothing to do? Read, of course! So I decided to read 1984, partly because I was curious, and because I like stories that have socialistic governments and rebels. And that is exactly what 1984 is about. The story follows Winston Smith as he struggles to survive in a pervasivley tolitarian society. George Orwell (George Orwell was his pen name, his real name was Eric Blair.) wrote 1984 as a fictionalized form of the Soviet Union at the time. Much of his inspiration for the characters in the book came from the Soviet Union. Big Brother, who is the ruler of land that Winson lives in, bears a physical resemblance to Stalin. Winston lives in Oceania, one of four states on earth. The states are always at war with each other, and they are usually at war with one state and then will switch in the middle of the war and be at peace with the state they were just fighting. And it has always was that way. Winson works in in one of the four ministries of the state, he works in the one dealing with rewriting history. Once the state says something, then this ministry takes all the newspapers from before and any written thing and changes it to what the state wants. History is constantly being rewritten and erased. This way the state has complete control over it's citizens. All of this is very interesting, but the one thing about 1984 that really stands out is their idea of thought crime and their thought police. Their are "telescreens" in every place, public and private. These are meant to monitor everything that everybody does. If you do anything contrary to the wishes of the state, it is a crime. If you think the wrong thing, and the state catches you, you're in trouble. Often, the children of many people ratted them out to the thought police, saying they heard them saying things in their sleep.  If you make the wrong facial expression, you get busted. And the thing is, they don't kill you. You just vanish. All record of you is erased. You never existed. One of Winston's friends was terminated because he was too smart.

So why am I telling you about the thought police and thought crimes? I just wanted you to know that it's on the verge of happening in America. Not to the extent of there being a thought police and screens in every room to watch you. But there is a bill going through Congress currently, called HR 1592. HR 1592 is a hate crimes bill, and would penalize people for saying anything derogatory about homosexuality or alternative lifestyles. Anything you say can be made to look like a thought crime, and thus is a thought crimes bill. HR 1592 would criminalize derogatory thoughts about homosexuality. This would effectivley silence churches and the gospel of Jesus Christ. We would be persecuted for expressing our religious beliefs. Do we really want a thought crimes bill in our country? NO!!! Hate crime legislation is unconstituntional. The first amendment garantees freedom of speech!!! HR 1592 would strip the constitution. HR 1592 would seek to silence the truth!!! We can't let that happen. Petition your legislator to stop this atrocity. The day that I lose my right to witness to somebody, will be the day of the death of freedom in America. If that day has not already come...

Link: www.pacificjustice.org
Verse:  John 17:17 "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."