'As I please' was the title George Orwell used for many of his articles whilst a contributor to the left-wing publication Tribune during the 1940s. ...
more 'As I please' was the title George Orwell used for many of his articles whilst a contributor to the left-wing publication Tribune during the 1940s. These articles covered a vast variety of topics from the defeat of fascism to the makings of a really good cup of tea, such was the eclecticism of Orwell's writing. At best they demonstrate Orwell's supremacy in radical thought - by which he would have meant the facing of uncomfortable truths. One of the best examples of this is his defence of the bombing of German civilians. For Orwell, in meeting one's war aims, it is better to kill a broad cross section of society - the old and the young, men and women - rather than to desimate the entire population of one group such as fighting age men. His arguement was that a society will recover more quickly form the former course of action than the latter. An unpalatable thought but probably true. source:www.adliterate.com
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