Stan writes:

> And, an interesting "behind the scenes" article is at
>  http://pw1.netcom.com/~owenink/1984.html

Based on the text of Stan's webpage reference above, I'll change my vote back
to that of having the text of the Mac 1984 ad written by a copywriter rather
than lifted from Orwell's novel directly. Clearly, though, the ad's tone is
completely Orwellian. In Orwell's original novel, Big Brother incessantly
preached three ideas: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH!, WAR IS PEACE! and FREEDOM IS
SLAVERY! (if I remember these correctly) -- along with ideas such as Newspeak
and "He who controls the present, controls the past."

An excerpt from Stan's referenced page:

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Big Brother Speaks

As 1984 was originally conceived, Big Brother did not have a speaking role,
but director Ridley Scott wanted to give him some lines. Copywriter Steve
Hayden objected at first, but agreed to put something together when Scott
threatened to write the lines himself. Apple vehemently denied that the
propaganda-spouting Big Brother character in its 1984 commercial represented
its $40-billion competitor, IBM. Decide for yourself as you read Big Brother's
harangue from the full-length, 60-second commercial:

"My friends, each of you is a single cell in the great body of the State. And
today, that great body has purged itself of parasites. We have triumphed over
the unprincipled dissemination of facts. The thugs and wreckers have been cast
out. And the poisonous weeds of disinformation have been consigned to the
dustbin of history. Let each and every cell rejoice! For today we celebrate
the first, glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directive! We
have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology,
where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and
confusing truths. Our Unification of Thought is a more powerful weapon than
any fleet or army on Earth! We are one people. With one will. One resolve. One
cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death. And we will bury them with
their own confusion!"

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Wirt Atmar