From: Aratzio on 13 Aug 2010 20:59 On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:43:23 -0400, in the land of alt.aratzio, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> got double secret probation for writing: >On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:55:05 -0700, Aratzio wrote: > >>>> Ge, no I don't. That is just another strawman. You're pretty good at those. >>> >>>Please explain how my comparison of her qualifications to yours is a >>>strawman. >>> >> >> Get used to that, everytime you teach him a new term or phrase to >> describe his *style* he will begin using it, incorrectly > >Gee, strawman has been around a lot longer than Usenet. I was using it in >High School. So you have been ignorant of its usage for a very long time. > >Here's a definition you, being a "Usenet Scholar", probably don't know: That is because it is a retard's definition made up by retards to define a term the retards don't understand. > >To accuse people of attacking a straw man is to suggest that they are >avoiding worthier opponents and more valid criticisms of their own >position: > > >Her (er, his?) pointing to MadCow's Ph D. really had no substance to the >rest of the discussion. There. Feel good you learned something today? > Straw man is a rhetorical technique (also classified as a logical fallacy) based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. |