of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !
they have been an invaluable source of fresh material for my magnum opus, the follow-up to burton's anatomy of melancholy, provisionally titled "fear & flatulence in nine elms"
