[CR]Re: Straw man arguement

(Example: History:Ted Ernst)

From: "brucerobbins" <brucerobbins@supanet.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:45:28 -0000
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Subject: [CR]Re: Straw man arguement

> From: "C. Andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com>
> Subject: [CR]re: straw-man argument
>
> I posted Joe privately on this matter, but since he posted
> the list as well, I wanted
> to post these links for others to see. The usual definition
> of a straw-man argument
> is as I described it: refuting an argument that was never
> made, or refuting a highly
> distorted version of an argument. It is an underhanded way
> of winning debate points,
> and you see/hear it all the time in politics. When someone
> uses this kind of fallacious
> argument, it's usually because they're weak on the facts, or
> have no real confidence in
> their actual position on something... and I'm not saying
> Joe did that..we're cool.
>
> http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

Charles,

I've just had a look at your links and, frankly, I think they're a lot of pompous crap ;-)

Bruce
Dundee
Scotland