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Originally posted by Skyfloating
One added thought:
Its strange how those the most afraid of being manipulated are the easiest to manipulate...
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by star in a jar
Why try to trick them and help disinformation or misinformation by misleading them, even if you only did it jokingly.
Yes, its heartless. But it happens, you know. It happens.
A good example is that of musicians deliberately using occult symbols in order to appear mysterious to the public. Often its not like they are members of any secret society or anything, its just cynically used as a marketing-tool.
Do you know this for a fact or is this simply your opinion? If it is a fact could you kindly direct me to said information. Perhaps a secret recorded conversation between studio execs and entertainer detailing the plot to pretend to belong to a secret society to appear more mysterious to their audience. Or even a document detailing the idea?
Just as a side note most kids these days are barely able to tie their shoe laces and would not know esoteric symbology if it slapped them in the face. So artists doing this to appear more mysterious seems almost redundant. BUT thats just my opinion. If anything they would be doing it to impress other artists and business moguls who MIGHT know of such things.
Originally posted by TiM3LoRd
reply to post by iamoverrated
Granted, there is plenty of bands and groups that openly claim they are worship the devil or whoever. Even the case of the Nordic band burning the church and cannibalism did it not as a publicity stunt but because of whatever belief they subscribed to. i would say the majority of artists that incorporate this sort of psychology into their art actually buy into most of it. Obviously there are some who simply use it because they see a niche market that can be exploited. But the key word is majority.
It takes a pretty unstable character to burn a church and kill and eat someone as a publicity stunt.
Originally posted by RuneSpider
I think some folks are missing the point.
Instead of this being solely about the OP or about Masons, Skyfloating is instead pointing out how easy it is to get people to believe fairly ridiculous things. Most of the time these people claim to be hard to fool.
Originally posted by TiM3LoRd
Do you know this for a fact or is this simply your opinion? If it is a fact could you kindly direct me to said information. Perhaps a secret recorded conversation between studio execs and entertainer detailing the plot to pretend to belong to a secret society to appear more mysterious to their audience. Or even a document detailing the idea?
Just as a side note most kids these days are barely able to tie their shoe laces and would not know esoteric symbology if it slapped them in the face.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
In years past I used to take sadistic delight in engaging Moonies and Scientologists and other cultists in their pitches.