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This is a goof, right? This can't possibly be for real.
I mean the creators are named "George" and "Winston"...
[Via Jeffersonian]
This has gotta be a joke--check this out, from the link above:
ReplyDeleteSnapScout and SnapScout Reports are produced and developed by MiniTru, LLC.
"MiniTru?"
The Ministry of Truth (or Minitrue, in Newspeak) is one of the four ministries that govern Oceania in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Please let this be a joke.
Nice catch, Mr. Hoffamn, but it's even more widespread. OBrien was the guy that baited Winston with Goldstein's book leading to his capture.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes--missed that.
ReplyDeletePretty clever joke, if that's what it is, but I have to wonder what's really going on. They really do seem to offer a downloadable app.
What does it do?
If this isn't a joke, how quickly do you think that the Feds would shut it down if we used it against them?
ReplyDeleteI can't take this seriuosly. We know nobody would really do this and if they did the government would tell them to mind their own business. Wait a minute, someone's at the door. Julia, would you see who's there...
ReplyDeleteNow, if someone would only use something like that against cops, bureaucrats, and politicians I'd be all for it.
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