@#98 – yes there WAS assymetry, it trully was.
I have no doubt it was bad to spy for communist regimes in free countries, while it was not bad to spy for free conuntries in communist ones.
I lived for 30 years in such “mild-” communism.
And I know what I say.
The point is that even if Orwell did something in Orwellian style – he did it probbaly because he was afraid that TRUE orwellian times could come to the free countries as is happened to entire soviet zone.
But if you want my honest answer to you short catchy question – the answer without any historical context:
No it is not OK to denounce people, not OK to do covert actions, to do anything “orwellian”, think “1984″-like, involve in anything “Animal farm”-like …
The purpose of my argument was to tell you, that we should not sharply judge Orwell…
That’s all.