{"id":9861,"date":"2006-10-18T18:59:46","date_gmt":"2006-10-19T01:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/10\/18\/winston-smith-would-approve.html"},"modified":"2006-10-18T18:59:46","modified_gmt":"2006-10-19T01:59:46","slug":"winston_smith_would_appro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/18\/winston_smith_would_appro.html","title":{"rendered":"Winston Smith would approve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran can&#8217;t keep Western magazines off the news stands &#8212; but they can make sure that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2006\/10\/18\/iran_magazines_at_ne.html\" target=\"_blank\">folks don&#8217;t see anything<\/a> that the regime wouldn&#8217;t approve of.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rss:item\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"rss:item\">It\u2019s mind-boggling to think of the people whose work it is to sit there with a giant felt-tip pen and cover up skin all day long.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran can&#8217;t keep Western magazines off the news stands &#8212; but they can make sure that folks don&#8217;t see anything that the regime wouldn&#8217;t approve of. 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