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Manipulation

Manipulation according to Merriam-Webster is “ to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage ”. (1) I think manipulation is an evil thing or could be used as a good thing. Manipulation has been in history since the beginning and will still be used in police integrations, crimes, and bullying. Liam G said about manipulation “Manipulation is a very fickle thing as it can be used for used for both good intentions and bad intentions, however, it itself is the wrong thing in the “wrong thing for the right reason”.” People have used manipulation as a bad for their own doings, like Charles Manson, for example, who made a cult had convinced a girl to kill sneak into two homes in Los Angeles, California to murder people they had never met. (2) That man wouldn’t be the only serial killer to use manipulation to his advantage, Ted Bundy would also use it in another way. He would convince both police and young college girls that he wasn'...