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To: Gorobei

WRONG.

Your response was condescending, therefor this may have a similar tone.

A Straw Man is the fallacy of attacking a position that is not the opponents position, while you claim it is his position. Your argument does not address my position. Perhaps I shall attempt to make my position more obvious in the future.

A straw Man is NOT a weak point in an argument as you claim. You are wrong, period.

Your claim in post 9 is flawed because of obviously false premises, a fact you seem unable to grasp.

Since you claim my argument is weak, I would like to point out that your response in post 14 is fallacious and self defeating. Go for it, defend your position on where one ought to spend resources. I dare you. Be warned, the "fiction" cliche will not suffice to justify your incoherent apologetic.


17 posted on 05/19/2006 5:42:23 AM PDT by Dakara Yakah
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To: Dakara Yakah

A straw man argument is nitpicking one minor, or weaker, portion of one's overall argument, ignoring the rest. If you need further educationing, be sure to let me know.

I just finished reading the Da Vinci Code last night, by the way. You and your ilk are wasting an extraordinary amounmt of time and energy over a rather pulpy piece of tripe. It is obvious and plain fiction, which is quite evident by centering the whole thing around the completely debunked Priory of Scion nonsense.


19 posted on 05/19/2006 12:20:57 PM PDT by Gorobei
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