The best form of attack is defence
That is
To set your stall out
Make your position precisely clear
Really; to sew up all the options
A moat, a drawbridge to be drawn
Soldiers on the turrets
Now let them take offence
Oh, yes
Well of course, no
That was not exactly my point
But now that I am incarcerated
What do you expect
That the more intellectual academic
Man would do
Well
You could let the peasants through
Draw down your drawbridge
Become open to persuasion
Negotiate
Capitulate
If you like understand
Or whatever