TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS FOUR. SO WHAT? | 2005-11-13
When you dig through all the agony of George Orwell's novel 1984, you get to the point where the inquisitor is forcing the main character to agree, under torture, that two plus is whatever he wants it to be. The poor tortured protagantists is screaming, "Please, just tell me what it SHOULD be!"
The essence of freedom, says Orwell, is to say that two plus two equals four.