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NOTE: This is the complete version now. My last product was incomplete!This one is cool for AMOG-ing. But even more so for your work environment. Check it out. It helped a friend well in a conference scenario when she was attacked. She ased the attacker back:”When did you start questioning my abilities for this job?” and he was at loss for arguments. The conference ended with a TOTAL VICTORY for her!From:http://adrr.com/aa/aboutgavsd.html”About the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (GAVSD)Hostile language — often called verbal abuse — is one of the worst problems people face today. Hostile language is as dangerous to health and well-being as toxic waste, not only because of its own destructive nature but because it so often escalates into physical violence.The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense is a system developed by Suzette for establishing a language environment in which hostile language interactions almost never happen, and in which — when they truly cannot be avoided — they are handled efficiently, effectively, and with no loss of face on either side.Physical violence requires the intervention of law enforcement officers, medical professionals, and other outside “experts”; while violence is still verbal, every single one of us can learn to defuse it and handle it with skill.GAVSD is a simple and practical set of methods and techniques designed specifically for that purpose. “I like this stuff!Think of the following pattern as a response and how it reminds you of Mystery’s or David DeAngelo’s way of handling an HB10s bitch-shield:1. Ignore the bait2. Respond to the presupposed attack3. And always send that meta-message:”I won’T play that game!”That Suzette Haden’s got patterns up her sleeve such as the “Computer Mode” or the”Boring Baroque Response ” that I find worth exploring by all means!Check out this article also:http://people.howstuffworks.com/vsd1.htm