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Re:"Keep Calm and Carry On": The Story of the Iconic World W... by joejohnson on Friday March 23, 2012 @03:44AM (#3744127)
I always thought the slogan sounded faintly Orwellian.
Re:"Keep Calm and Carry On": The Story of the Iconic World W... by arethuza on Friday March 23, 2012 @06:38AM (#3744510)
The role of propaganda was something that Orwell was interested in:

"propaganda in some form or other lurks in every book, that every work of art has a meaning and a purpose — a political, social and religious purpose — that our aesthetic judgements are always coloured by our prejudices and beliefs"

http://orwell.ru/library/articles/frontiers/english/e_front

Re:"Keep Calm and Carry On": The Story of the Iconic World W... by Corrado on Friday March 23, 2012 @03:57AM (#3744143)
For some reason, this phrase grates on my nerves. Maybe it has Orwellian overtones that trigger something in my subconscious. I don't know what it is but this slogan makes me angry almost beyond rationality. Ironic.

P.S. Maybe its the fact that my boss has one of its parodies hanging in his office. :/

Re:"Keep Calm and Carry On": The Story of the Iconic World W... by WiseWeasel on Friday March 23, 2012 @08:06PM (#3747944)
To me, it sounds awfully similar to "move along; nothing to see here."