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Re: Spy plane (was: Why is religion so hot?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:04:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jason J. Railton writes:
> "trolled", "strawman" - what language are you half-cut bunch of muppets
> using here anyway?
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> So if you really want to make a good point in a debate, that no one can
> argue with, you just make up your own language to do it in - is that it?
"Troll" is of course common Internet parlance for a person who posts in a
manner apparently specifically intended to produce heated and emotional
responses. "Straw Man" is a long-standing term for the rhetorical falacy of
picking your opponent's weakest argument and attacking it as if it were your
opponent's only argument. In so doing, you create the illusion that you've
defeated your opponent, but you've no more done so than if you'd fought and
beaten a straw man.
Dave!
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| (...) Right. Thanks. Is that 'common' as in 'used by the common folk?' by the way? No, must stop it. :) (...) I learned something today. Marvellous. Anyway, I just wanted to change the subject as I'm sick of this whole religion/flat earth/new (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Spy plane (was: Why is religion so hot?)
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| (...) The reference is to maritime trolling -- the act of fishing by dropping your baited lines in the water and ignoring them for a few hours while you steer the boat. The idea is to let the fish do most of the work -- biting the hook and tiring (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Spy plane (was: Why is religion so hot?)
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| (...) "trolled", "strawman" - what language are you half-cut bunch of muppets using here anyway? So if you really want to make a good point in a debate, that no one can argue with, you just make up your own language to do it in - is that it? j450n (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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