If prefer, imagine this is alike a hostage situation, where terrorist are close to kill a bunch of toddlers and his puppies. And you are the hostage negotiator

If prefer, imagine this is alike a hostage situation, where terrorist are close to kill a bunch of toddlers and his puppies. And you are the hostage negotiator And that not preclude the swat team behind you ;) ---- If wanna a good perspective of this more martial oriented, take a look at "The Art of War": https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3200649 https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3200649 "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." -- Also, some ideas of http://nononsenseselfdefense.com/negotiation.htm http://nononsenseselfdefense.com/negotiation.htm Point to this.