"but you can turn up the heat a little bit at a time until they boil." This has been called "kettling" in police jargon regarding crowd-control. For an older e

"but you can turn up the heat a little bit at a time until they boil." This has been called "kettling" in police jargon regarding crowd-control. For an older example, look to Roman general Fabius Maximus (from which the Fabian Society took its name) who used a new tactic [1], consisting of attrition, to defeat his enemies. Also, might as well mention that Sung Tzu (correct me if I'm wrong) said the weakest and dumbest way to enact political change is via military action, preferring subversion instead. 1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_strategy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_strategy