It's their duty too warn you that it harms you, but also they can't block you from buying it and smoking it. Don't worry, taxes won't make them loose their money; prices will go up and up...Originally Posted by healthyalt
I think kids wouldn't smoke that much without those bans and commercials; this is the their way of proving themselves and confronting with society, which is very important to them in those ages.
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"I think kids wouldn't smoke that much without those bans and commercials."
That's exactly what I'm trying to say. Thank you.
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I think you are talking about information...not neccesarily thought manipulation. Everyone has the ability to keep informed. Where they get there information from could be the difference in what they know, percieve, and believe.
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What manipulation techniques are you referring to? To be honest the OP seemed to me, to be describing what we typically call a 'Business ploy' or 'Marketing slogan'. The fact is, they put things on billboards to make people buy thigs. If you think that is manipulation, than almost everything printed might as well be a type of manipulation.
The way I see it, thought manipulation is actually convincing someone of ideas not of their own. For example. someone who thinks they know someone, but you insist on another fact of the person and drill it so thoroughly into their mind that its as if it had been there forever. Some call it gossip, maybe a type of blackmail, stabbing someone in the back, but regardless, the idea of planting or replacing a thought in someone's mind, changing their actions, is what a thought manipulation reall is in my mind. Not some slogan designed to make you buy something, because although in the short term it may change your idea of a product or political candidate or whatever, the fact is its not really manipulating you for good.
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Hi there!
Unfortunately, the question you asked was of a two year old post, so I doubt you'll get an answer!
I agree with your comments, by the way.
You must be a good sort if you make your first post in the Orwell forum!
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