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Old January 5th 12, 11:10 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.europe
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Default Complete (almost) Shutdown of Berlin Train System - could ithappen here...??

On Jan 5, 11:57*am, Lüko Willms wrote:

* *Orwell knew what he was writing about.


Yes. He wrote about a society in which people were prepared to betray
their friends to the secret police in exchange for trivial rewards.
And then he betrayed his friends to the secret police in exchange for
trivial rewards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwell%27s_list