From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:   
   > 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...   
      
   I've been convinced of that fact in regards to Lawrence's posts for   
   quite some time.   
      
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