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To: jacquej

I don’t think agent provocateur means what you think it means.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur

From Wiki: An agent provocateur (French for “inciting agent”) is an undercover agent who acts to entice another person to commit an illegal or rash act or falsely implicate them in partaking in an illegal act. An agent provocateur may be employed by the police or other entity to discredit or harm another group (e.g., peaceful protest or demonstration) by provoking them to commit an act - thus, undermining the protest or demonstration as whole.

Let’s see: I am trying to get people not to commit illegal or rash acts, nor am I falsely implicating anyone.

Bundy’s the one who is committing illegal acts, therefore aren’t the people on FR supporting him, enticing people to violence and other illegal/rash acts the actual agent provocateurs?

Mais oui.


241 posted on 04/14/2014 7:49:05 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD

you might be right. I was trying to think of a more polite term than calling you a “troll”.

But, then again, maybe you are a very clever fellow!


247 posted on 04/14/2014 7:52:13 PM PDT by jacquej ("It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.")
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