2010 JuneAbout RiverCityMalone.comJune 22nd, 2010RiverCityMalone.com (RCM) is a discussion forum on the issues that matter in Malone and surrounding region. Simple as that. We aim to cultivate what’s vibrant and interesting about this little town and region, chiefly through editorials, feature articles, letters to the editor and other reader commentary. RCM subscribes to the following principles of openness, fairness, courtesy, and reader use: More…Exposed in MaloneJune 22nd, 2010
“Smile! You’re on Mandated Camera!”—Op-Ed by Michael Fournier In 1949 George Orwell published “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” a fictional portrayal of a totalitarian regime which oversees a collectivist society in a land called Airstrip One—a place of perpetual war, government surveillance, government mind control, and the end of civil liberty. The book was a bombshell. The adjective, “Orwellian,” quickly became synonymous with totalitarian government. Big Brother had arrived. Big Brother has now reached Malone. Did you know there are surveillance cameras strategically positioned around town? Did you know you’re being watched by the government every time you show up on Main Street? Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
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