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To: trisham
Strawman argument.

OK, whatever. I don't see how that works, but if you say so, fine.

39 posted on 02/22/2010 5:02:05 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

I do.

“A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent’s position.[1] To “attack a straw man” is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar proposition (the “straw man”), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.[1][2]”


41 posted on 02/22/2010 5:05:54 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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