Jun 27, 2012, 04:28 PM
Keep in mind that there are only a couple people that can even adjust ban lengths right now. One of them is exceptionally busy, and the other hasn't been online in 7 days.
The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the State.