I'm coming to realize that dominate is too strong a word for what I'm trying to say. I think Jack made basically the entire point I'm trying to make here. My only criticism is that "stupid" is a very broad description of Bob's failure. Is there a more precise way of stating Bob's error?

This conversation is a lot like that moment in Top Gun. "I object" "Overruled." "I strenuously object!" That's not going to work. Why should Bob expect it to work?