Al-Qaeda and 1984

Was reading a transcript of the recently released video featuring the American spokesman for Al Qaeda. I was struck by the repeated use of the words unbeliever and unbelief.

The words strike me as very Orwellian. (see: Newspeak Dictionary)

In case you don't know, the idea behind Newspeak is to control language in such a way as to limit a person's ability to verbalize independent thought. Thereby, limiting independent thought.

By limiting vocabulary, you limit choice. By limiting choice, thought becomes trivialized and will conform to the desired path. If you are not a believer, you MUST be an unbeliever. If you do not believe, my MUST unbelieve.

Is that the language of a tolerant ideology?

Our constitution grants the right of freedom of speech. Our government protects it. We surrender it willingly under certain circumstances, it is restricted by law under others. These people, these Islamic Fascists, would take it away. Along with every other right we hold dear.

Flawed our policies may be. Open to debate they should be. However, failure to achieve the goals our policies seek is unacceptable.

Finally, if ever there was evidence that laws against sedition and treason should be enforced, for the benefit of all, this joker's video is it.