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[happinessboys]

I've seen smoke in the night sky. I think it stands out more than the fire. Entire libraries go up, turning to ash, and all you can see is smoke. It's a beacon, showing what once was there. Entire books to ashes and their ideas? Smoke in the treetops. A billowing mass of absolutely nothing

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[happinessboys]

Exactly. It's a fine system. Putting it on telescreens, I mean. Mine don't need anything like that.

[Private]

I don't think I want to make it make sense.

[happinessboys]

Easy as that. It's always an event.

[Private]

What have I done with it?

[hourglass_twin]

That sounds like a terrible waste. So much information, lost.

[happinessboys]

A waste of nothing but confusion.

[hourglass_twin]

Confusion to you, perhaps. Valuable to others.

[happinessboys]

It's completely worthless

[Private]

[happinessboys]

Well enough to leave.

[Private]

[happinessboys]

Then I'll see you there tonight.

[leadsthestars]

If the meaning is lost, will it ever make sense again?

[happinessboys]

Yes, of course.

[leadsthestars]

How can you be so sure?

[happinessboys]

Because I have enough discipline to make it that way.

[emptyyourself]

Didn't someone once say paper could be destroyed, but not thought? I wonder if it says something about the nature of my generation that I can't be bothered to seek out the origin of that. In the library. For a discussion about book-burning.

Every idea is absurd if you give it enough thought. Rationalization is key.

[emptyyourself]

I do so love hearing what the Party has to say on the subject.