[krb]

I don't think it's as much a strawman argument as it is simple begging the question, or petitio principii.

[maryz]

I don't think it's as much a strawman argument as it is simple begging the question,

Well, congratulations! You are one of apparently only a handful of people alive who know what "begging the question" means. I keep seeing columnists, journalists (once even in WSJ, but I think it might have been in a letter to the editor) who apparently think it means "raising the question."

Spread the word . . . oh, I guess you were doing that. ;-)