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Thread #75555   Message #1328171
Posted By: Ellenpoly
16-Nov-04 - 01:05 AM
Thread Name: BS: The men who stare at goats (ABC RN)
Subject: RE: BS: The men who stare at goats (ABC RN)
This has been seen on television in a three part series on Channel 4 in the UK. It's all very weird and half-assed, as one would expect from the military.

None of this is new. The idea of subliminal suggestions, which is only one the them many ways they've tried to mess with the mind, has been used in advertising since the 30s. If you've never read Vance Packard's "The Hidden Persuaders" now may be the time. He was a visionary on the subject.

But back to the poor goats...on the show they had the man who was supposedly the one who could perform this rather nasty piece of work, and on camera, he did his best to make a couple of hamsters (these were his PETS mind you) so uncomfortable that they first wanted to do anything to get out of the cage, and then, so it seemed, and so he insisted, one of them died.

Goats and hamsters. I can think of a certain ape-like fella in Washington it might be time to try this on. He far more deserves this kind of treatment than the poor critters do.

..xx..e

PS-Not really. I'm a pacifist, so even Mr B is on my "Do not break unless in an emergency" list.