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<blockquote data-quote="PT Stewie" data-source="post: 4034119" data-attributes="member: 12889">A thoughtcrime is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian" target="_blank">Orwellian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism" target="_blank">neologism</a> used to describe an illegal thought. The term was popularized in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia" target="_blank">dystopian</a> novel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" target="_blank">Nineteen Eighty-Four</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell" target="_blank">George Orwell</a>, first published in 1949, wherein thoughtcrime is the criminal act of holding unspoken beliefs or doubts that oppose or question <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingsoc" target="_blank">Ingsoc</a>, the ruling party. In the book, the government attempts to control not only the speech and actions, but also the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought" target="_blank">thoughts</a> of its subjects. To entertain unacceptable thoughts is known as crimethink (or wrongthink) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak" target="_blank">Newspeak</a>, the ideologically purified dialect of the party.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughtcrime#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Crimestop is a way to avoid crimethink by immediately purging dangerous thoughts from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind" target="_blank">mind</a>.So he thought about, said aloud, and was talked out of dismissing the special prosecutor and never did, but guilty of obstruction by memorandum of understanding never the less. All political BS. Time to get back to the business of the country and the welfare if it&#039;s citizens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PT Stewie, post: 4034119, member: 12889"] A [B]thoughtcrime[/B] is an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian'][U]Orwellian[/U][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism'][U]neologism[/U][/URL] used to describe an illegal thought. The term was popularized in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia'][U]dystopian[/U][/URL] novel [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four'][U]Nineteen Eighty-Four[/U][/URL][/I] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell'][U]George Orwell[/U][/URL], first published in 1949, wherein thoughtcrime is the criminal act of holding unspoken beliefs or doubts that oppose or question [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingsoc'][U]Ingsoc[/U][/URL], the ruling party. In the book, the government attempts to control not only the speech and actions, but also the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought'][U]thoughts[/U][/URL] of its subjects. To entertain unacceptable thoughts is known as [B]crimethink[/B] (or [B]wrongthink[/B]) in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak'][U]Newspeak[/U][/URL], the ideologically purified dialect of the party.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughtcrime#cite_note-1'][U][1][/U][/URL] [B]Crimestop[/B] is a way to avoid crimethink by immediately purging dangerous thoughts from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind'][U]mind[/U][/URL]. So he thought about, said aloud, and was talked out of dismissing the special prosecutor and never did, but guilty of obstruction by memorandum of understanding never the less. All political BS. Time to get back to the business of the country and the welfare if it's citizens. [/QUOTE]

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