Re: slings and arrows ...

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_...>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 18:03:22 +0100 (BST)


> From sentto-1590039-2332-961502751-abf=cs.ucc.ie_at_... Tue Jun
20 13:05:30 2000

t.s.baguley on being assailed from all sides in an argument:

> IMO ithis is better captured by the fact that they get N attacks against
> you rather than that your arguments are at a disadvantage against them.

But aside from the multiple attacker penalties, there _is_ no advantage or disadvantage to being attacked more than once, since in principal it's potentially just as good for the defender as for the attacker. (At least compared to their own chance of 'counterattacking' the same person._

Cheers,
Alex.

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