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2016 Postmortem

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Fri Sep 16, 2016, 03:42 AM Sep 2016

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Ancient Chinese Proverb

There are two ways to undo an enemy; you can dig a hole and wait for him to fall in or you can place him on a perch and wait for him to fall off. We are witnessing the latter now. Whether it was intentional or not it doesn't really matter.

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Ancient Chinese Proverb (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2016 OP

One Chinese Philosopher also said this, in 3,215 BC molova Sep 2016 #1

oh shit, we're screwed. sarae Sep 2016 #3

Sun Tzu MowCowWhoHow III Sep 2016 #2

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #4

molova

(543 posts)

1. One Chinese Philosopher also said this, in 3,215 BC

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:25 AM

Sep 2016

"The way to beat an opponent is to hope the mainstream media doesn't obsess about your emails and coughing"

sarae

(3,284 posts)

3. oh shit, we're screwed.

Reply to molova (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 08:04 AM

Sep 2016

MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)

2. Sun Tzu

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 05:56 AM

Sep 2016

“If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)

4. +1

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 04:26 PM

Sep 2016

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