[ExI] 1984 and Orwell's Warnings

[M1N3R]

From: "Amara Graps" <amara at amara.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:00 PM

> It was extremely *refreshing*, and inspiring to the coming of the
> Independence  to the Baltics to see old names restored, so that instead
> of "Lenina iela", the original "Brivibas (Freedom)  bulvaris" had
> returned ....

People today tend to make lot of fun out of these things. I really don't 
know what difference it makes whether I say "Republic Road" or "People's 
Republic Road", which is present here in my town (actually grandma lives 
there). Or take school names as an example. There was 4th, 5th etc. schools, 
now they are nothing to memorize. However, and here comes the fun: they were 
renamed for communist leaders' names mostly. Just as part of the town still 
holds the name of a great socialist. Or there still is a Moscow Square in 
Budapest... This has no practical use but is interesting enough to mention 
anyway.

M1N3R