Re tango instructors

[Peter K.]

>[Michael] Thomas did once give a brilliant bit of advice for constructing
ad
>hominem arguments: when you're trying character assassination, go not
>for what the target might perceive as his or her weak point, but go
>for the strong point, what s/he feels proudest about.
>
>Doug

And there's Dr. John Arbuthnot, who in his 1714 Treatsie on the Art of
Political Lying wrote:

"Detractory or defamatory lies should not be quite opposite to the qualities
the person is supposed to have. Thus it will not be found according to the
sound rules of pseudology to report of a pious and religious prince that he
neglects his devotions and would introduce heresy; but you may report of a
merciful Prince that he has pardoned a criminal who did not deserve it. "