2009/4/9 FT2 <[email protected]>: > This is (when stripped down) basically a "straw man" post. It uses quotes by > others saying "A"as a rhetoric device in a question where the issue isn't > "A" at all, and in effect, conflates the two to try and make its point. It > then presents its point as made when in fact it hasn't made it at all, nor > even contains any attempt to do so. It's either sloppy logic or a rhetoric > device. Either way it has no place in honest communication, except as a > mistake to be retracted when spotted.
This is a much better reply than I could have bothered writing. - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
