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In reply to the discussion: "Oceania was at war with Eurasia; . . ." [View all]wandy
(3,539 posts)29. William Neal Harrison did a pretty good job explaining how we got there...........
Rollerball Murder
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4339742-rollerball-murder
Yes, it was made into a movie.
No, we are not satisfied with a made up weekly sport war. We do the real thing or a school shooting or a militarized police action or a Bundy Cow-Pie rebellion.
Televised to the entire world 24/7.
In the near future, there will only be corporations, comfort, conformity & Rollerball. In the very near future, they will produce a war every week during prime time & televise it to the rest of the world. They will call it Rollerball.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4339742-rollerball-murder
Yes, it was made into a movie.
No, we are not satisfied with a made up weekly sport war. We do the real thing or a school shooting or a militarized police action or a Bundy Cow-Pie rebellion.
Televised to the entire world 24/7.
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we watched the movie for the first time the other night. eerie resemblance indeed.
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2014
#11
Perhaps it is classified as a work of fiction, but it works as a pretty terrifying
truedelphi
Sep 2014
#43