March 01, 2004
Definitions
Geez, I am so pissed 
off. Imagine thinking you were friends with someone and then only finding out a few years later that this person actually had a bad opinion of you. And not because of what you did, but because this person had a strange way of defining things.
And FYI, here's what "manipulate" really means:
1) skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage
2) to influence or manage shrewdly or deviously
3) to influence, manage, use, or control to one's advantage by artful or indirect means
Don't believe me? Check out this site.
In no way does the mere act of trying to change another person's mind count as manipulation. You have to actively misrepresent yourself for that to count as manipulation. Otherwise the next time this person tells me he wants to jump off a cliff, far be it for me to try and change his mind or, as he puts it, "manipulate him" into thinking it's a bad idea. In fact I'd gladly send him to the top of the cliff.
This just reinforces my belief that it's Flyboy or no one. No one even comes close.
Posted by scrabbyfoo at March 1, 2004 12:40 AM