You're often criticized for not fighting fire with fire; for holding back when you should be pushing forward. And for the most part, it's true. You will invariably choose to take the high road rather than sink to an opponent's level, but you don't do this because you're being an especially nice person. You do it because you have always believed that if you give an opponent enough rope, then they will succeed in hanging themselves. You've done this patiently and adroitly for the past few weeks and on September 1st you will see a certain bane to your existence hoisted by their own petard.