This is why asking for things in writing is so important. Visual signals and speech add two more dimensions of complexity. Don't trust videos, there is way more oppertunity to be decieved or persuaded through tone and stylization of voice, facial expressions, and body language.

I am not a Winnie sycophant. He had many faults and failings along with his abilities and strengths. He would not be able to operate in a modern political environment without a lot of re-education and revision of his attitudes and frame of existence. That doesn't stop the things he has been recorded as saying from still being both useful and amusing. I used to carry a little card in my wallet. It sat in there for years and now and again would get an outing to be shared. It was a short saying attributed to Winston Churchill. 'Generally speaking, short words are the best and old words, when short, are the best of all.' I lost the card sometime. I have no idea when or how, but that doesn't matter so much as the words have clearly stuck with me.

The only thing sharper than a mouth that can keep up with a quick mind is a charismatic charm conveyed across an eliminated screen via a keyboard. 

This was a fun read, @bluemist—thank you.

I have found that many people will be willing to flip to your channel if you enlist their *help* to do something. In this world of anonymity, to be singled out for your help is an ego booster. (For some, not all)

And nobody will ever argue the leverage of a silver tongue. Worth their weight in gold. 

Have a great day.

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Excellent point, and your post reminds me of another quote I've seen floating around on social media - 

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"Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble." ~ Yehuda Berg

</blockquote>

I know that I've always tried to be truthful and direct with people, even when that truth came at a cost. Great food for thought. @bluemist.

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The ancient Romans taught rhetoric in such a way as to do just what you suggest: appease the masses and get them to do what you want, whether it is correct or not, based in large part on emotion. At our core we are emotional beings, not rational or logical ones, but ones swayed by our base emotions: anger, fear, hunger, etc. It takes a special person to be able to tell someone else that their anger is misplaced, without making them angrier in the process.