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Apparently I'm related to "the inventor of public relations. Those two words, public and relations, had never been uttered together before Edward Bernays, an American who invented consumer desire and used his uncle's theories of latent wants and fears to sell everything from cars to war, and engineered not only the inauguration of Hoover but the overthrow of at least one South American government."

Also (pertaining to a conversation in 1933 about "propaganda plans to consolidate Nazi power"): Goebbels .. was using my book Crystallizing Public Opinion as a basis for his destructive campaign against the Jews of Germany.

So in a way I'm responsible for both PR and the Holocaust.

I'm like the best wanka ever.
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[User Picture]From: [info]shoiryu
2004-03-21 06:06 pm (UTC)

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Heh. The best I'm related to is this guy. And the guy who sailed the Titanic out of port as well.
[User Picture]From: [info]tempslut
2004-03-21 07:05 pm (UTC)

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I'm related to Oliver Cromwell. And yet, the vast majority of my ancestry is Catholic. Ha!
[User Picture]From: [info]necronomist
2004-03-21 08:22 pm (UTC)

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Michael Collins is my grandfather's cousin. Um, not also information you want to tell Canadians or Americans of British or Scot-Irish ancestry.
[User Picture]From: [info]rubytramp
2004-03-21 10:23 pm (UTC)

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I'm related to Harry Houdini - can I make all wankers disappear?
[User Picture]From: [info]pyratejenni
2004-03-21 11:01 pm (UTC)

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Don't we wish!
[User Picture]From: [info]texta
2004-03-22 01:13 am (UTC)

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Hmm, this explains a lot... ;)
[User Picture]From: [info]lexin
2004-03-22 01:46 pm (UTC)

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The best I can claim is that a (distant) relative of mine was pressganged.
From: (Anonymous)
2004-04-01 06:04 pm (UTC)

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I know you help maintain fandom_wank. You might appreciate this.

You're best to start here

http://www.livejournal.com/community/feminist_fatale/90653.html

and then head for

http://www.livejournal.com/community/feminist/915903.html
http://www.livejournal.com/community/feminist_rage/138997.html

and

http://www.livejournal.com/users/hothead/69257.html
From: (Anonymous)
2004-04-04 02:58 am (UTC)

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did you know f_w is suspended?
From: (Anonymous)
2004-04-04 03:11 am (UTC)

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*facepalm*
nevermind. realized my mistake - it links to lj on the friends page. sorry!