The division continues to sharpen as the post-Sept

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When you were in school, with which futuristic vision did you most closely identify: Aldous Huxley's happy “Brave New World” or George Orwell's less optimistic 1984?

I have no idea what the percentages are (and anyone who claims to know probably has some self-interested reason to lie about it), but America is divided. The division is between those who believe that America, the international guarantor of freedom and democracy was the victim of an unprovoked and unexpected attack of terror Sept. 11 (Huxleyites) and those who believe that the imperialistic foreign policies of the U.S. government were responsible for the tragic events of that day (Orwellians).

11 era unfolds. There are fewer and fewer people job function email list who occupy gray areas of apathy in our Brave New World of frightened Americans and 1984-styled information revolutionaries.

Those who believe in the righteousness of the U.S. government are strengthening their resolve to follow it blindly into world war and trust that its nationalization of travel, communications and commerce are necessary to keep them safe from terrorists here at home.

Those who believe that the pretended benevolence of the exploitive, militaristic U.S. government are becoming increasingly uncomfortable as Sept. 11 is used to justify spreading global conflict and the police-state alienation of civil rights and responsibilities that used to be self-evident truths.