Well I never

[crowson75]

For those on my flist who, like me, like to know loads of stuff, I thought I would share this.  It's come to my attention via my studies and, well, it's sort of... Well I think it's a bit creepy actually.

The Panopticon

it has to be said, that Jeremy Betham was a very cool chap.  Big on women's rights and homosexual rights at a time it wasn't

Comments

[phantomreviewer]

Very 1984 isn't it?

[crowson75]

VERY! It's a really interesting idea; that surveillance will make people reform their own behaviour, but it's still fucking creepy.

[phantomreviewer]

Yup. *shudder*

I need to finished 1984 actually...

[crowson75]

Ah, 1984... *reminisces* Hated it the first time I read it. And now it just gets scarier. :)

[phantomreviewer]

I was reading it as bed time reading (yes, I'm after nightmares...) but I had to stop.

[crowson75]

I can see why that might happen. Rather insanely somewhere I have an illustrated version of 1984. I went for one with pictures! Madness....

[phantomreviewer]

... Ouch.

That is nasty.

I quite fancy an illistrated Odyssey at the moment though.... *gets down to essay*

[crowson75]

Be careful what you wish for. They probably exist...

[phantomreviewer]

My essay is called Where's Odysseus. I assure you, pictures would help :-P

:-D

[crowson75]

Surely everyone knows he's in the freezer section at Tesco's?! ;P

[phantomreviewer]

And in Telemachus' feet.