<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/074694ff-7dc9-44e8-85db-1961603e68eb/FE52F785-8246-4C9B-93E6-24F2EBDCA989/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://avanoo.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/how-to-win-any-debate%e2%80%a6-even-if-you%e2%80%99re-less-intelligent-less-prepared-and-less-attractive-than-your-opponent/" href="http://avanoo.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/how-to-win-any-debate%e2%80%a6-even-if-you%e2%80%99re-less-intelligent-less-prepared-and-less-attractive-than-your-opponent/" style="font-size: 11px;">avanoo.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://avanoo.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/how-to-win-any-debate%e2%80%a6-even-if-you%e2%80%99re-less-intelligent-less-prepared-and-less-attractive-than-your-opponent/"><H3 class="entry-title"><A title="Permanent%20Link%20to%20%22How%20to%20Win%20Any%20Debate%u2026%20Even%20if%20You%u2019re%20Less%20Intelligent%2C%20Less%20Prepared%2C%20and%20Less%20Attractive%20than%20Your%20Opponent%22" rel="bookmark" href="http://avanoo.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/how-to-win-any-debate%e2%80%a6-even-if-you%e2%80%99re-less-intelligent-less-prepared-and-less-attractive-than-your-opponent/">How to Win Any Debate… Even if You’re Less Intelligent, Less Prepared, and Less Attractive than Your Opponent</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://avanoo.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/how-to-win-any-debate%e2%80%a6-even-if-you%e2%80%99re-less-intelligent-less-prepared-and-less-attractive-than-your-opponent/"><STRONG>1. Winning Isn’t <EM>Really</EM> Winning</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://avanoo.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/how-to-win-any-debate%e2%80%a6-even-if-you%e2%80%99re-less-intelligent-less-prepared-and-less-attractive-than-your-opponent/"><STRONG>2. Using “Logic” Is Oftentimes Not an Effective Strategy</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://avanoo.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/how-to-win-any-debate%e2%80%a6-even-if-you%e2%80%99re-less-intelligent-less-prepared-and-less-attractive-than-your-opponent/"><STRONG>3. 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Tell a Good Story</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://avanoo.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/how-to-win-any-debate%e2%80%a6-even-if-you%e2%80%99re-less-intelligent-less-prepared-and-less-attractive-than-your-opponent/"><STRONG>6. Don’t Take Objections Personally</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://avanoo.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/how-to-win-any-debate%e2%80%a6-even-if-you%e2%80%99re-less-intelligent-less-prepared-and-less-attractive-than-your-opponent/"><STRONG>7. 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