Zon: That's but one definition of a strawman.LOL. Alrighty then. Have a nice day.
Your implication that there is only one definition is not only wrong, it doesn't save face for you. Rather, it exposes your ignorance.
Main Entry: straw man
Function: noun
1 : a weak or imaginary opposition (as an argument or adversary) set up only to be easily confuted
2 : a person set up to serve as a cover for a usually questionable transactionDefinition of straw man - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Congratulations: you are officially an idiot. Not only are you telling a PhD mathematician what a "straw man" is, but you proceed to quote the dictionary, not realizing that it proves you wrong.
(Free clue: definition #1 relates to logic. Definition #2 has nothing whatsoever to do with logic. You are trying to say that I undertake questionable transactions on behalf of an anonymous third party. That's definition #2, though you appear not to have read the definition with comprehension.)