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Old 10-03-2007, 09:45 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Brutha View Post
The aim of every communication is to get someone to do something. More or less, that's the definition of manipulation.

There isn't anything bad about it.
B.S. If the girl in the example given here wanted that guy's pencil, she has the choice of asking him if she can have or borrow his pencil. That's what you do when you need or want something, you ask.
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