the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

The Man wrote:Actual instances of argumentum ad hominem are relatively rare. Ironically, the fallacy is most often committed by those who accuse their opponents of ad hominem, since they try to dismiss the opposition not by engaging with their arguments, but by claiming that they resort to personal attacks. Those who are quick to squeal "ad hominem" are often guilty of several other logical fallacies, including one of the worst of all: the fallacious belief that introducing an impressive-sounding Latin term somehow gives one the decisive edge in an argument.

Dmitri wrote:When I (rarely as it may be ) hand a baseball bat (it's plastic so as to avoid serious damage but to seriously "burn" and likely bruise if contact is made) to someone to attack, I usually tell them to "hit me like I just killed your cat, or assaulted your family, etc. -- i.e. you basically want to beat the crap out of me, crush every bone in my body".

Also I often let them hit me a couple times with good force without doing anything at all in response, just so they can get comfortable and not be afraid to hurt me with that thing.

I found that a little bit of "role playing" that way helps a lot...