I am afraid the child's ability to withstand the fraudulent has been evaded by this: "The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of wor

I am afraid the child's ability to withstand the fraudulent has been evaded by this: "The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." This has been learned and applied by all sorts of actors. It would be well if this power, and the tendency to abuse it, were better known, so that more of us would be on guard. Unfortunately, most people seem all too willing to allow the determined to take control of the language.