Absolutely not. It was sheer manipulation, or an attempt at manipulation to the extent that their shenanigans were pretty transparent after a while. But attempts at manipulation they definitely were. -----Original Message----- >From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> >Sent: Feb 24, 2007 1:28 AM >To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Bushism and Fascism > >When I wrote that the color-coded threat warning scheme was an unsuccessful >attempt to manipulate people I was responding to something Omar forwarded: > >> Evidence of this manipulation of fear can be seen both >> in the color-coded terror alert system... > >My point was that since nobody was 'manipulated' by it to speak of it as >manipulation was highly misleading. > >Robert Paul > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, >digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html