That definitely works one-on-one. To a group, it's more difficult.
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf
Of KMO
Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 1999 8:36 AM
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: Re: virus: In That Special Way, a polemic
Richard Brodie wrote:
But it is possible to train yourself to notice when people are raising
their bullshit deflectors. Once you realize what you're doing and what
effect it's having on your audience, you can switch modes of
presentation. The new mode isn't guaranteed to work any better, but you
know the first one wasn't working, so you've got nothing to lose. Also,
when you fall into that cloying mode that trips the auto-filters, you've
probably put yourself into a trance, and you may need to reset your own
mental state as well as that of your audience. Clap your hands, say
something crude, shocking or non-sensical, anything to interupt the
undesirable state into which you and your audience are slipping.
-KMO
>
> No, it is not possible to speak in a way that is received by everyone in
the
> way that you would like.