--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > For the record, if I had a doctor who phrased her > > > > > recommendations as "Do this!" I'd be a lot more > > > > > likely to look for a different doctor than if she > > > > > said, "Perhaps it would be best if..." I prefer being > > > > > treated like an adult. > > > > > > > > > > > > You're quite correct. > > > > > > > > If you've ever listened to the audio tapes of Jim Jones at > > > Jonestown > > > > during the mass suicide you'll notice that Jones sounds > > rationale > > > > and calm and his choice of words were designed to appeal > > directly > > > to > > > > the "adult" in the over 900 people that he convinced to drink > > the > > > > kool-aid. > > > > > > > > He specifically addresses them as "adults" consistantly and > > > > constantly. > > > > > > > > Check out the "suicide tape transcript" of the Jonestown > > massacre > > > > and do a word search on "adult" and you'll see how very right > > Judy > > > > is: > > > > > > > > http://employees.oneonta.edu/downinll/mass_suicide.htm > > > > > > So are you saying that if we were all treated > > > like children by those in authority, there'd > > > be less likelihood of Jonestown-type massacres? > > > > I'm saying that words laced with honey are not necessarily in your > > best interest. > > <duh> > > And your point was...? >
Sal was right and you were wrong...do you need it spelled out more for you? If so, I can certainly write another screenplay. For example, JUDY STEIN AT AUCHWITZ: THE SCREENPLAY can be written in about 3 minutes... To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
