What do you call it

LJ — 4/16/2003 1:40:59 PM (archived)

when there is a group, and one member of the group has a great deal of power over other members of the group and uses force and/or threats of force to convince them to follow the powerful member's way of thinking?

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What do you call it - LJ - 4/16/2003 1:40:59 PM
- I call it: - Fox - 4/18/2003 1:57:13 PM
- How did the powerful member gain his power? - Scott - 4/17/2003 6:03:47 PM
  - Does it matter how he got his power if he uses force to keep it? n/t (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/17/2003 6:20:00 PM
    - Good point. Not really. - Scott - 4/17/2003 6:23:24 PM
- You're making a false assumption - Matt Burley - 4/17/2003 5:14:14 PM
  - Re: "In fact, it is good and proper that we force our will upon them." - alcaray - 4/17/2003 5:30:07 PM
    - Re: - gbaikie - 4/17/2003 7:06:21 PM
- Re: Okay, so what DO you call it? - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 5:10:22 PM
- Give it up - alcaray - 4/17/2003 4:31:27 PM
  - Sounds like YOU know what point he's trying to get at. Care to let the rest of us in on it? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 4:55:30 PM
    - I give up - alcaray - 4/17/2003 5:06:32 PM
      - Re: I give up - gbaikie - 4/17/2003 7:42:40 PM
        
        re: Re: I give up - tony_loves_the_cock - 9/21/2003 12:38:26 AM
        
        re: - alcaray - 4/17/2003 9:58:21 AM
        
        Re: re: - gbaikie - 4/17/2003 3:24:38 PM
      - Disagreement - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 5:32:54 PM
        
        Full of whacky Republican memes - alcaray - 4/17/2003 6:38:22 PM
        
        Revenge as a leadership strategy - Mary Anne - 4/17/2003 5:52:12 PM
        
        But we don't want to be an example... - Scott - 4/17/2003 6:19:40 PM
        
        Really Scott, REALLY? - et - 4/17/2003 8:17:44 AM
  - If there's a point, make it. Devil's in the details, though. nt (n/t) - Occasional Reader - 4/17/2003 4:36:36 PM
    - I think LJ made it and I wouldn't step on his toes - alcaray - 4/17/2003 5:00:23 PM
- Politics...nt (n/t) - R.L. - 4/17/2003 11:37:54 AM
- Re: What do you call it - LJ - 4/17/2003 10:04:51 AM
  - So what was the "correct" answer to your question? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2003 10:30:46 AM
    - Current US foreign policy and agenda n/t (n/t) - LJ - 4/17/2003 10:47:30 AM
      - When I look in the dictionary for the word, "naive" - ebnelson - 4/17/2003 1:25:28 PM
- Don't think you're going to want to hear the accurate answers. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 6:41:47 PM
- A parent... - FrankC - 4/16/2003 4:03:51 PM
  - Not a good one. Parents should use violence as the last resort, if ever. And parents should *never* threaten. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2003 3:12:23 PM
    - Since you and I agree.. - FrankC - 4/17/2003 7:13:40 PM
      - Up to a point - alcaray - 4/17/2003 10:05:11 AM
- Re: What do you call it? Coercion n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/16/2003 2:39:19 PM
  - Intimidation (n/t) - Lindy n/t - 4/16/2003 3:54:55 PM
    - Sometimes you call it brilliant leadership. Like right now. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 4/16/2003 3:58:18 PM
- Re: What do you call it - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 2:19:37 PM
  - You could also call it "capitalism"... - Mary Anne - 4/17/2003 6:12:49 PM
  - Re: What do you call it - LJ - 4/16/2003 4:14:31 PM
    - Re: What do you call it - McFly - 4/17/2003 2:45:48 PM
      - I think LJ was responding in kind to Gbaikie's flip "socialism" remark. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2003 4:29:05 PM
        
        My bad, LJ...sorry... - McFly - 4/17/2003 6:40:27 PM
        
        Considering the history of socialism, it's hardly flippant - Occasional Reader - 4/17/2003 4:33:52 PM
        
        Why would we try to make it work when it has failed so many times before? - Scott - 4/17/2003 6:31:05 PM
    - Filling in for Bowser LJ? (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 4/17/2003 2:07:45 PM
    - Re: What do you call it - REB - 4/17/2003 12:10:37 PM
    - Another leftist slipping over mental event horizon? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/16/2003 6:43:06 PM
      - Yeah, we're leaving you nutzoids behind... (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/17/2003 2:36:24 PM
        
        Good...have a nice trip! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/17/2003 4:52:28 PM
    - Re: What do you call it - gbaikie - 4/16/2003 6:30:34 PM
      - Odai's human shredder machine. - REB - 4/17/2003 11:41:53 AM
        
        Please do not inject reality into LJ's hypothetical scenario - Occasional Reader - 4/17/2003 4:29:09 PM
        
        Odai Hussein's reminds me of the Beast Rabban Harkonnen from Dune - REB - 4/17/2003 4:58:19 PM
        
        Uh, NO. - et - 4/17/2003 8:25:52 AM
        
        The Spice must flow? - Robert E. B. - 4/18/2003 11:11:57 AM

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