How come there is so much rich literature on physical fighting, from martial arts texts to military histories, but so little on verbal fighting? As in fighting dirty, not respectful debate or dialogue. Mockery, taunting, baiting, bad-faith logic... is there a manual of all that?
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I have three kids under six years old. I dispute your characterization of their punches lacking skill, especially when they’re waking dad up on a weekend morning. Slightly more seriously, isn’t the population who might use these tactics successfully the Reality TV crowd? If...
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...so, wouldn’t TV be the most effective means of transmitting those skills?
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