Posted by salted on 10/5/2008, 9:55 am, in reply to "How to prevent mind blotting"
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So apparently, "I'm sorry" is weak language.
Humility is not often viewed as a strength in these times
when confident leadership is overvalued, as flawed as it often is.
It seems to me that it takes more strength to give an honest apology.
Why it aggravates and annoys some people so much is beyond me.
Perhaps because I rarely hear the phrase, I really wouldn't know.
Perhaps some people view it as camoflage for insincerity.
I prefer, however, that insincerity be masked until it is overcome.
I think, also, that false confidence is used more often to mask
insincerity than false apologies are.
As unheartfelt as some apologies may be,
they are usually followed by the true intent.
Some may cover excuses, denial of intent, or blame.
In any of these cases the apology is not the problem.
The apology is a beginning, and if the offending behavior
or attitude really annoys you, talk about it. Once again,
don't attack the apology, you may only recieve the blame,
or excuse, or denial of intent next time if you do.
What you should do instead, is confront the denial of intent or blame,
excuse or whatever the apology is covering over. Talk about working on
respect and understanding your feelings or each other's feelings.
--Previous Message--
: Mind blotting is a lesser known form of
: subliminal messaging,
:
: not aimed at desire (as advertisement often
: does) or at destabilization of current
: notions of reality (social conditioning,
: military mind control tactics),
:
: but instead is aimed at trust. Mind blotting
: does not establish trust, but instead uses
: repetition, beleagered speech with gestural
: signs of stress and annoyance, and constant
: (baseless) criticism of others in order to
: form a psychological pattern of distress,
: and distrust.
:
: This form of subliminal messaging is most
: often used in politics. Content is
: irrelevant in these speeches or ads, instead
: the focus is on creating distress about the
: competition, while exuding confidence in
: yourself. This creates an atmosphere of a
: somewhat beleagered and shaky trust.
:
: The facial expressions used are easily
: expressed by those trained to do so (it's
: called acting) and the sequence works on
: mirror neurons and associative learning to
: create its unusual affects.
:
: Distancing is the most effective tactic to
: avoid these effects. Focus on content rather
: than delivery. Reserve judgement until you
: are allowed a long period of time to think
: about what you have seen.
:
: Political advertisement has the same
: distress/confidence routine... so... beware.
: Be aware also, that the television
: advertisements use common cultural fears and
: ideals to manipulate public opinion
: graphically... hereby creating a more
: powerful and open format to bend the will of
: the people.
:
: When politics is more about personalities
: than real issues... suspect tampering. Your
: thoughts may be in more danger than you
: realize... especially since most ideas are
: formed around emotional bias... which is
: formed from social conditioning... the very
: mechanism which is being manipulated here.
:
:
: Mind control through publicity has been a
: danger to normal social apparatus for almost
: a hundred years, now. Especially since, now,
: we have a worldwide media spreading the same
: speeches throughout the many lands of the
: globe. Think carefully, without bias, and
: use self control... so others will not
: exercise their self control techniques on
: you.
:
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