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To: TimF who wrote (170220)	5/30/2003 8:14:24 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1583693

If you think that A, B, C and D are all good reasons for doing action X, and you feel that all of them are true, and you think that A will motivate people, B and C will be ineffective and D will turn people off, so you decide to stress A, that isn't being manipulative. Yes, it is.......we learn that from when we are babies. That's how we learn to survive.....we pick the thing that will get us what we want. If its crying that works, then we cry. Any time you use an indirect approach to get what you want, its being manipulative. Why do you think so many people avoid arguments......they think its easier to manipulate people to get what they want. In an ideal world you would want to explain them all in great detail. In the real world you have to have a sound bite that you can repeat, that will make the evening news, and be simple enough for 90+% of people to understand and remember. That is just how politics works. This was not an issue of do we build a new school or a new freeway where what you describe above might be acceptable......maybe. This is about starting a war where lives will be lost and much money spent. To expect anything less than absolute honesty is selling yourself short. ted

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