Intent is important, or else you're saying that an incompetent bank robber should be excused because they're incompetent? Intent to do injury or, in this case, to keep the masses off balance, is manipulation, whether it succeeds or not. What, then, is the point of promulgating useless color codes at strategic times? -----Original Message----- >From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> >Sent: Feb 24, 2007 5:38 PM >To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Bushism and Fascism > >> The intent was definitely manipulation. That point so far has escaped you. > >Get real, Irene. It's been said many times over by everyone involved, >myself included, that it may well have been an attempt to 'manipulate' >people. If you can't distinguish between what someone attempts and >what someone accomplishes, I cannot advance your understanding. > >Now, I really am done with this nonsense. > >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