social engineering getting more and more popular?

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

What do you guys expect?This is the same nation that gave us ABBA(not half bad as the chicks where hot) and Ikea(founded in Sweden) and Ace of Base.


(Sorry to all you normal Swedes I have been to your country before I know that you are not all like this.)

ABBA and Ace of Base,they suck.....I am glad that you've been here, when it was if I may ask?

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Vendor

ABBA and Ace of Base,they suck.....I am glad that you've been here, when it was if I may ask?

Dude if it wasn't for ABBA I wouldn't even known that Sweden existed. Funny that, my sisters loved ABBA when I was a kid I remember them playing their songs every day. I hated ABBA I thought their music was too girly like. But now I like to blast a Abba song every now and then and its my sisters who think I'm the weirdo when I do it. I wish they would do a world tour I would go see them.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Vendor

ABBA and Ace of Base,they suck.....I am glad that you've been here, when it was if I may ask?

Oh just around Stockholm I was in a summer exchange program back in high school.The Swedish family the father was a lawyer so they had some little house on a lake out of town as well this was in summer '93 '94 worked out pretty well for me as it seemed that Swedish girls that where 16 or 17 where rather uh.... interested in Americans to be 17 again the next summer
I had a drill instructor screaming in my face it was a contrast to say the least good thing I did not attempt any social engineering then the Sarges face would have turned fry an egg red.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Oh just around Stockholm I was in a summer exchange program back in high school.The Swedish family the father was a lawyer so they had some little house on a lake out of town as well this was in summer '93 '94 worked out pretty well for me as it seemed that Swedish girls that where 16 or 17 where rather uh.... interested in Americans to be 17 again the next summer
I had a drill instructor screaming in my face it was a contrast to say the least good thing I did not attempt any social engineering then the Sarges face would have turned fry an egg red.

LOL

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Edward Bernayes

[vienna]

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Edward Bernayes

"Conscious and intelligent"? Who determines those values in the equation? Social engineering, to me, is an insidious aspect of education to be avoided. Growing up in the 50's and 60's, our generation was the first to be exposed to the "benefits" of social engineering; one has only to look at American society as it has "progressed over the last 30-35 years to see the "benign" effect of social engineering. (Yes, I'm using a lot of quote marks; perhaps I'm trying to meet a quote-a...) The nations values have disintegrated in direct proportion to the effects of educational social engineering. From the advent of the Yuppies in the 80's to the upcoming generation who feels they are entitled to certain perks they have not earned (a result of the "everybody wins" aspect of social engineering) to the appaling decline of even simple educational progress in schools, the effects of promoting social engineering over essential educational needs is evident. Schools should return to teaching the necessary life skills and knowledge as they did before the pop-psychologists and niche cultural interests hijacked the educational system and turned it into their labs and our kids into "lab rats". After about 50 years of "I'm OK, You're OK" style "progressive" education all we have to show for it are dumber students and a worse society...

Now, i believe I will give my "quote" key a needed rest...

[August]

What's with all the white text posts? They're pretty difficult to read against a white screen.

Originally Posted by vienna

"Conscious and intelligent"? Who determines those values in the equation? Social engineering, to me, is an insidious aspect of education to be avoided. Growing up in the 50's and 60's, our generation was the first to be exposed to the "benefits" of social engineering; one has only to look at American society as it has "progressed over the last 30-35 years to see the "benign" effect of social engineering. (Yes, I'm using a lot of quote marks; perhaps I'm trying to meet a quote-a...) The nations values have disintegrated in direct proportion to the effects of educational social engineering. From the advent of the Yuppies in the 80's to the upcoming generation who feels they are entitled to certain perks they have not earned (a result of the "everybody wins" aspect of social engineering) to the appaling decline of even simple educational progress in schools, the effects of promoting social engineering over essential educational needs is evident. Schools should return to teaching the necessary life skills and knowledge as they did before the pop-psychologists and niche cultural interests hijacked the educational system and turned it into their labs and our kids into "lab rats". After about 50 years of "I'm OK, You're OK" style "progressive" education all we have to show for it are dumber students and a worse society...

Now, i believe I will give my "quote" key a needed rest...

Just had to quote it all again.
Outstanding!