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[itweresport]

What is doublethink? I have not heard this word before.

[OOC: Sorry for the short post.]

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[whateverthemess]

It's the act of simultaneously believing two opposing ideas to be true. This is a bad example, probably, but believing that theft is wrong and at the same time believing that if a person has no choices left, stealing is a viable option could be considered a form of doublethink.

[itweresport]

I...like it not.

[whateverthemess]

Why's that?

[itweresport]

I like not that there may be two truths. I feel confused by it.

[whateverthemess]

I wish I could make it simpler for you, but the fact is, that's the world. For almost everything we believe to be either absolutely good or absolutely bad, there's caveat. It is confusing, and it's hard to look at the world that way, but it's worth it. You see a lot more when you're not trying to judge everything you look at.

My name's Karrin, by the way. What's yours?

[itweresport]

Abigail Williams, Miss.

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[whateverthemess]

Miss Williams, can I ask why you wanted to know about it? Doublethink? It's a hard idea to come to grips with.

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[itweresport]

I -

Why, it were a word I read.

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[whateverthemess]

...Miss Williams?

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[itweresport]

Aye?