Quote Originally Posted by JD View Post
There has been much dialogue recently espousing the notion of 'fighting ideas with ideas'. It seems logical, but I also suspect extremely difficult. If it is such a good idea, then it is highly likely that it would have been done before and that there would be historical examples from which to draw. Unfortunately, I am drawing a bit of a blank. I can come up with Alexander the Great adopting Persian affectations but after that I am a bit stumped.

So the question is, who in the past has successfully fought ideas with ideas and are their techniques still valid today?

JD
I don't quite get what you are saying. Do you mean adopting your enemies ideas to win them over or more of creating an equal ideology. Perhaps you are talking more of indoctinating them in our "western" ways." Please elaborate.

Adam