Re tango instructors

[Brad De Long]

>  >[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. "

Oh! Excellent! I want this book!

Brad DeLong