Thought for the Day

- George Orwell, Animal Farm

No	Original commandment	Changes	Revised commandment
1	Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy	As the pigs become more human, they start walking on 2 legs.	Four legs good, two legs better.
2	Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.	The pigs end up thinking any animal who walks on four legs or has wings is inferior. Two legs better.
3	No animal shall wear clothes.	The animals notice the pigs wearing human clothes. Napoleon is wearing a cloak.
4	No animal shall sleep in a bed.	The pigs break one of the 7 Commandments by sleeping in the bed in the farm house. They say they need to do this because their brains need more rest due to them being smarter.  Muriel checked the sign, to find it altered.	No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.
5	No animal shall drink alcohol.	The Pigs starts drinking alcohol	No animal shall drink alcohol to excess.
6	No animal shall kill any other animal.	When some of the animals admit to helping or being in touch with Snowball, who was exiled from Animal Farm, they were promptly slaughtered by the dogs who guarded Napoleon. The animals again thought the pigs disobeyed the Commandments but when Muriel checked them, it now read . . .	No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.
7	All animals are equal.	Ultimately, the 7 Commandments are abridged to one single phrase . . .	All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.