Subj : [ANSI] Sparks: Points to Ponder, Points to Pursue To : All From : warmfuzzy Date : Thu Sep 28 2017 00:08:01 ÜÜÜÜ ßß ÜÜÜÜ ßßßÜ ßÜÜ ÜßßÜ Ü ÜßßÜ Üß ßÜ ÜÜÛßÜ ÜßÛÛÛÛÛ Û ßÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÜßß ÛßÛÛß ÛÛÛÛ  ßÛÛß ÛÛ Üß ß ß  ÜÜÜÛÛÜ ß ÛÛÜÜÛÛÜ Û ÛÜß ÜÛßßß ÜÜ ßÜß Ü ÛÛÜÜ ßßÛÛÜßßß ÜÛ ÛÛÜÜ ßßÜß ÛÛ ßÜ ßÜ ÜÛÜ ßÛÜßÛÛÛÛ ÛÜßÜÛÛÛÜÜÛ ÛÛ ÜÛÛßÜßÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ßÜßÜ ß ÛÛ ß ÛÛ ÛÛÛ Û ß ÛÛ ßÜßÜ ÛÛ ÛÛÜÛ ßÜ Üß ßÜÜßÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÜÛßÜ ÛÛ ± ß ÜÜÜ ßßÜßÜßßÜ ßÜßÜÜ ßÜßÜÛ ² þÜßÜßÜß ßÛ Ûß  ÛÛ Û Propaganda and Disinformation: ßÛ Û Some people use misinformation and disinfor mation to mean the same²Û Û thing, however these two te rms qre quite different. MisinformationÛÛ Û is telling a falsehood by accident or without knowing that the point ° Û Û Û in question is not true. Disinformation is the purposeful knowing² ÛÛ Û lie, being well aware that the information is false an d passing it Û ÛÛ Û off as the truth. Propaganda is basi cally advertising a person,Û ÛÛ Û cause, or object to b e exalted in the eyes of those who receive the Û ÛÛ Û pro paganda. These are used in wars both hot and cold. Changing the Û ÛÛ Û opinion of a population can lead to access being gaine d to insertÛ ÛÛ Û an intelligence agency-friendly puppe t into power for the furthered Û ÛÛ Û aims of the agency or organization. It can be used to rally people Û ÛÛ Û t ogether for a common cause or to dishearten an opposing force,Û Û Û Û making it think that there is no hope of success in their armedÛ Û Û Û forces so giving up makes sense. In WWII the allied forces dropped Û  ÛÛ Û many thousands of match packs to the occupying forces  with messages Û ÛÛ Û on the packets discouraging the tro ops with the messages printed on Û ÛÛ Û those matches. Su n Tzu, a Chinese general stated in his famous book Û ÛÛ Û  "The Art of War" that "all warfare is deception." Seek out the Û ÛÛ Û truth, examine possible propaganda strategies, learn  how not to be Û ÛÛ Û manipulated and understand persuas ive psychology used in advertising. Û ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÜßÜÛ ÛßÛßÜßÜßÜ Üspark of ideas: points to ponder, points to pursue Ü ßÜßÜÛÜß --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A35 (Linux/64) * Origin: PHATstar RetroBOX! (700:100/0) .