In "1984," Inner Party member Rutherford had committed thoughtcrime, so his award had to be stripped and re-assigned to someone else.
Winston Smith searched his records and found one chiseled soldier named Ogilvy who had recently been killed, and re-wrote history to give him the award.
I was reminded of this when I saw Fox parading an image of Pat Tillman for Veteran's Day. They were also playing an old voice recording of him. Now these didn't represent reality, of course, since we know that he came to learn the truth of our wars, and was apparently fragged to ensure that his awakening would be silenced.
Thank you, Pat. I know that you made your initial decision to go in good faith, in the context of an overwhelming propaganda campaign.


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