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[From Rick Marken (990507.1245)]

Mary Powers (990507)--

> From some comments lately on the net (which I'm not going to
> try to find right now), I get the feeling that some people
> believe that Bill (or PCT) asserts that coercion is really
> the only way that independent control systems interact with
> one another.

It was just Martin trying to make believe that my definition
of coercion (as control of the behavior of a weaker by a much
stronger control system-- which is also Bill's position, but,
as usual, I'm the one who gets the heat since Bill is the
reason everyone's here) says that all social interactions involve
control of behavior.  I think Bill and I (and now you) have
made it abundantly clear that that's not the case. In fact, I
think your post [Mary Powers (990507)] explains the PCT point
of view on this topic (control of behavior in social interactions)
rather beautifully (as usual). Thanks.

Best

Rick
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