Maciej Stachowiak <[email protected]> wrote :
This is an example of why it is a terrible idea to encourage people to
accuse each other of fallacious arguments. We are now debating the
definition of "strawman" and what is and isn't a strawman argument,
instead of any point of substance.
That was exactly the point I was trying to make
in my e-mail to yourself, Sam and Leif [1]. I am
glad to see that, once again, we appear to agree
on something that may well be important :-)
Philip TAYLOR
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[1]
Might I venture to suggest that Sam's proposed
embargo on certain forms of rhetoric will never
(and can never) be successful if reference (either
implicit or explicit) to those forms of rhetoric
continues to form any part of future debate on
this list.
If, instead, we concentrate solely on the many
substantive (technical and practical) issues
which confront us, then real progress might be made.
Philip TAYLOR
