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The emotions involved in the Jewish holocaust may be so strong as to overrule all logical criticisms of anything Jewish, dismissed with the term anti-Semite in every instance. The mother's love of her son caused her to disregard all reports and evidence that he was a gangster or drug addict.

However Emotion is defined here as response affected by and relative to associations which contain Consequential Value significant to the individual. Thus what one gets emotional about is what one considers significant and that may not be significant to others, as one is so very emotional about the death of one's own dog, but is not significantly affected by the death of another's mother. Thus where reasoning is the product of Emotion, this Emotion is subject to manipulation by intellectual artifice, as to what is of significance and what is not. 'Terrorists are a threat to strike at any moment.' Authority Reasoning in so far as affected by Emotion is subject to the manipulation of information and Consequence. 'Terrorists caused 9/11. Afghanistan harbors terrorists. Therefore we can invade Afghanistan.'

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