one idea that bill and the others start to discuss is instead of kill iing people, wh don t we kidnap someone. why don t we use someone as a living pawn to symbolize the nature of our revolutionary activity. emily and i and angela s influence was to do things more inspiring, that weren t as scary. we had to do things that not only inspired people because they were it radical and forceful, but they had to be relevant. pennsylvanatricia hearst was a bottom. ic target. her family was in control of a media empire that we viewed as an arm of prop dpan aganda for united states government. she was more of an innocent, which we re trying to explain.