Technique: Fluster your opponents by peppering them with questions, requests for information and explanations. Who, what where why when and how. Don't give them time to breathe and do not give them a chance to finish their response to your peppering. This overwhelms and confuses your opponent. It puts them on the defensive and leaves the door open for you to take the appropriate course of action, to go on the attack or to at a minimum divert the focus of the discussion toward a topic more favorable to you.