Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Superpower!

Imagine that you have a superpower. The Power of Persuasion. You can convince anyone of anything. How would you use that power? What would you try to get, do, change? Would you use it for good? Or evil? Describe what the Power of Persuasion is.

The Power of Persuasion. Hmmm... well now. My description would be that of: you can manipulate and convince anyone to do anything with just your words, but they do not know or understand that that is what you're doing.

If I had the Power of Persuasion, I would use it do my advantage. But not like, "everybody do what I say and I get all your money," and junk like that. No, I would use it do good. I mean, everyone wants to be thought good, kind, and compassionate, but really. If I had that kind of power I would use it for such things that are beificial to society as a whole. And maybe a candy bar once in awhile. But maybe I wouldn't use it at all. Such a power would bring up the whole, "is that ethical because it's really sort of brainwashing people and taking away their ability to choose," thing. If that question were out of the way however, and we didn't bother thinking about that, then I would use my powers, oh so much! I could convince people to not sell drugs. I could convince people they don't need drugs (as in addicts), convince people to not make or sell tobacco or alcohol. Convince the idiots in America that debt is a bad thing and they should go about getting out of debt. I would convince the people and places who had resources to help and share with places who didn't. I would travel the world brainwashing tyrants and dictartors with corrupt policies. I would also have one heck of a research assistant because I wouldn't want to change people's religious beliefs. Okay... now we're getting into the whole, "Would that be right?" thing. I don't know if it is, or if I would use my power at, in reality and thinking more about it. I think I would end up using it only when absolutely necessary.

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