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*Well, I think I fixed it up somewhat, on the fly, Doctor. And Ed, I know what you mean, and meant! --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 02:03, 15 March 2009 (EDT) | *Well, I think I fixed it up somewhat, on the fly, Doctor. And Ed, I know what you mean, and meant! --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 02:03, 15 March 2009 (EDT) | ||
| − | ::In 1960 the assassination plot was far fetched but not the brainwashing. For example Ronald Reagan starred in a 1954 fil, "Prisoner of War" that showed highly effective Communist brainwashing in Korea. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 08: | + | ::In 1960 the assassination plot was far fetched but not the brainwashing. For example Ronald Reagan starred in a 1954 fil, "Prisoner of War" that showed highly effective Communist brainwashing in Korea. Unless our users know that they will be baffled by the film. Whether this sort of brainwashing is or is not thought possible in 2009 is a different issue deserves a separate article on brainwashing. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 08:33, 28 March 2009 (EDT) |
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"Far fetched"
I removed that comment because the plot isn't at all far-fetched: one only has to view the results that Derren Brown can produce in a few hours to see that although unlikely (as are many movie plots) it certainly isnt "far fetched". 10px Fox (talk|contribs) 13:41, 12 January 2008 (EST)
- Ah! But has anyone read the book? Do any of the editors of this article evenknow it was a best-selling book? And if any of them did, why is Condon given no credit in the opening section? Hollywood rules!!AlanE 17:48, 14 March 2009 (EDT)
- IIRC I had a reference for "far-fetched". Anyway, it's based on a false premise: the theory of mind control which was discredited 20 years ago. There is no such thing as brainwashing that can make a person do something he ordinarily would not do willingly. And there's no proof that hypnosis has that power, either.
- Conflict of interest statement: I am a member of a church whose members were said to be under mind control, and hundreds of them were kidnapped - which I find distressing, not to mention personally distasteful. So please watch me closely and revert me if I make any biased edits here. --Ed Poor Talk 21:06, 14 March 2009 (EDT)
- The premise was certainly NOT far fetched in 1962. We don't usually ask that works of fiction be aware of what science will turn up 40 years later. RJJensen 01:03, 15 March 2009 (EDT)
- Conflict of interest statement: I am a member of a church whose members were said to be under mind control, and hundreds of them were kidnapped - which I find distressing, not to mention personally distasteful. So please watch me closely and revert me if I make any biased edits here. --Ed Poor Talk 21:06, 14 March 2009 (EDT)
- Well, I think I fixed it up somewhat, on the fly, Doctor. And Ed, I know what you mean, and meant! --₮K/Admin/Talk 02:03, 15 March 2009 (EDT)
- In 1960 the assassination plot was far fetched but not the brainwashing. For example Ronald Reagan starred in a 1954 fil, "Prisoner of War" that showed highly effective Communist brainwashing in Korea. Unless our users know that they will be baffled by the film. Whether this sort of brainwashing is or is not thought possible in 2009 is a different issue deserves a separate article on brainwashing. RJJensen 08:33, 28 March 2009 (EDT)