Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 34 | 306 | "The trick is to make a View more quotes about charge">charge so obviously false or hopelessly vague that your interlocutor, who is usually concerned to be polite and congenial, makes a fool of himself trying to treat it seriously. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 34 | 303 | "Perhaps," she said. |
| 34 | 304 | "But such assertions can be politically effective". |
| 34 | 305 | "Yes," I agreed. |
| 34 | 306 | "The trick is to make a charge so obviously false or hopelessly vague that your interlocutor, who is usually concerned to be polite and congenial, makes a fool of himself trying to treat it seriously. |
| 34 | 307 | It is a little like the fellow who tries to respond to the charge that he is a mad sleen by discussing the results of his blood tests". |
| 34 | 308 | "Perhaps what is meant," she said, "is that men do not pay sufficient attention to the thinking and feelings of women". |
| 34 | 309 | "That is a totally different charge," I said, "and one that may well be true". |
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"Perhaps," she said.
"But such assertions can be politically effective".
"Yes," I agreed.
"The trick is to make a charge so obviously false or hopelessly vague that your interlocutor, who is usually concerned to be polite and congenial, makes a fool of himself trying to treat it seriously.
It is a little like the fellow who tries to respond to the charge that he is a mad sleen by discussing the results of his blood tests".
"Perhaps what is meant," she said, "is that men do not pay sufficient attention to the thinking and feelings of women".
"That is a totally different charge," I said, "and one that may well be true".
- (Explorers of Gor)