Sunday, January 08, 2006

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Heaven's Gate

People's Temple

Pottery Barn

brainwashing
noun
1. Intensive, forcible indoctrination, usually political or religious, aimed at destroying a person's basic convictions and attitudes and replacing them with an alternative set of fixed beliefs.
2. The application of a concentrated means of persuasion, such as an advertising campaign or repeated suggestion, in order to develop a specific belief or motivation.
"brainwashing." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 08 . 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/brainwashing

Dear Pottery Barn:

You can't have my soul money, no matter how many of your holy books catalogues you send me.

Best,
Esbee


I'd have to be hypnotized by Mamoo the Great before I'd spend $149 on a mass-produced, rush-seat farmhouse chair.