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'''Crimestop''' is a concept of [[Newspeak]], featured in [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[1984]]''. It denotes a learned mental discipline; a conditioned inability even to grasp thoughts contrary to one's own belief system.
'''Crimestop''' is a concept of [[Newspeak]], a 'future language' featured in [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[1984]]''. It denotes a learned mental discipline; a conditioned inability even to grasp thoughts contrary to one's own belief system.
"''Crimestop'' means the faculty of stopping short, as though by [[instinct]], at the threshold of any dangerous thought. It includes the power of not grasping [[analogy|analogies]], of failing to perceive [[logic]]al errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are inimical to [[Ingsoc]], and of being bored or repelled by any train of thought which is capable of leading in a [[heretic|heretical]] direction. ''Crimestop'', in short, means protective stupidity." <ref>p. 220, 1984 - George Orwell, Penguin, 1989</ref>
"''Crimestop'' means the faculty of stopping short, as though by [[instinct]], at the threshold of any dangerous thought. It includes the power of not grasping [[analogies]], of failing to perceive [[logic]]al errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are inimical to [[Ingsoc]], and of being bored or repelled by any train of thought which is capable of leading in a [[heretical]] direction. ''Crimestop'', in short, means protective stupidity." <ref>p. 220, 1984 - George Orwell, Penguin, 1989</ref>
==Enthetha in Scientology==
Probably the closest example of the principle in practice can be seen in the doctrine of the [[Church of Scientology]] to regard certain information as ''Entheta''. Entheta, short for 'enturbulated theta', is any thought, concept or argument that might be damaging to the Church of Scientology. Scientologists are required to actively avoid any and all entheta, regardless of whether it is true or not. It is a serious violation of Scientology ethical standards to even hear or read any entheta, the Church members must take every step to isolate themselves from it via self-censorship. Failure to do so can result in punishment and/or extra auditing hours having to be bought (at hundreds of dollars an hour).<ref>[http://askthescientologist.blogspot.co.nz/2008/12/scientology-thought-control-part-1.html Thought Control - Ask the Scientologist]</ref><ref>[http://www.xenu.net/archive/1984/ Operation Clambake - Scientology v 1984]</ref>
== References ==
== References ==
*[[Thoughtcrime]]
*[[Thoughtcrime]]
[[Category:Dystopian Fiction]]