> But, again, I don't believe you. I believe you are NOT interested in the > practical consequences of using the string "strawman" when discussing my > rendition of the EricC/Nick principle. The reason I don't believe you is > because you do NOT talk about the topic in which the string "strawman" was > used. You *only* talk about the ambiguity in the string "strawman". > > If you did as Steve did and spent a tiny amount of pixels on the ambiguity > around the string "strawman", but the majority of your pixels around the > actual topic at hand, then I'd believe you were interested in the practical > consequences of using "strawman" in that context. > > Hell, I'd even be happy if you outright accused me of creating a strawman and > then explained (kinda like Steve did) why the ambiguity of "strawman" > demonstrates that I've created a strawman. I'm pretty sure it is "strawmen all the way down" <grin>
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