Do not create or feed arguments.
Ramon Hernandez, chairman of the Latino Republicans, said the president was "feeding the argument that minorities cannot succeed in this country".
"Fewer bigger better" feeds their argument that others should have subsidies too.
General Heiberg's letter fed an argument that had begun circulating soon after the storm that had blamed environmentalists for the destruction of the city, accusing them of blocking efforts to protect it.
But many people he spoke to also criticise the United States, which is seen as a democratic country that now supports Central Asia's despots in the name of oil.Mr Kleveman feeds his argument with enlightening historical background and colourful anecdotes from his extensive travels and interviews.
The argument that, since Rentboy has been flourishing without a glitch since 1996, in over 2,000 cities, an arrest now must be politically motivated does have merit, but it also feeds the argument that Rentboy has become overly confident in its brazen commercialization, to the point of feeling invincible (Rentboy the Musical, anyone?).
This debate is fed by arguments concerning patient safety and ecological safety in an era of increasing antibiotic resistance.
"Olivia and her office helped us with the press releases, and [gave us advice on] how to deliver the message properly," says Chang. "They told us to slow down and feed our arguments to the media one piece at a time, so that we could stay in the news over a period of months, instead of just putting it out all at once".
And ask yourself: Who's likely to win in this case - the one who's being fed predesigned arguments by high-priced consultants and lobbyists, or the one fighting for those who don't have special-interest dollars or resources to throw around?
In these plays, however, the Pythagoreans are also presented as feeding on "subtle arguments" and "finely honed thoughts" and as pestering others with them, in a way that is reminiscent of Aristophanes' treatment of Socrates in the Clouds.
