I gently use the Socratic method on unreasonable people. If nothing else, when they storm out it's because they know they're idiots and there's nothing they can say.
If things get bad, Plato's Socratic Dialogues (the hardcover version) is pretty hefty, and makes a fine defensive weapon.
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Date: 2006-07-27 03:37 pm (UTC)If things get bad, Plato's Socratic Dialogues (the hardcover version) is pretty hefty, and makes a fine defensive weapon.