From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   Nuno Silva  wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-23, John Ames wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:45:34 -0000 (UTC)   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> > *A.* that's not what a straw-man argument is ...   
   >>> > ... Obviously, having trouble with a misbehaving website is a   
   >>> > smaller thing than burning to death in a badly-renovated apartment   
   >>> > building.   
   >>>   
   >>> You say no, and then you say yes.   
   >>   
   >> A straw-man argument is, to quote Wikipedia, "the informal fallacy of   
   >> refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion,   
   >> while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction." Shoddy work-   
   >   
   > Now that's funny, because I think this describes almost perfectly   
   > *Lawrence's* reactions in several threads here.   
      
   Very true. I'm frequently convinced that he's just trolling half   
   the time (at least), and perhaps blatant hypocrisy like that is   
   even part of the bait...   
      
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