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Originally Posted by Chris T
Whether it is or not is besides the point. What I've been trying to do this afternoon is to take you to task over a couple of instances when you have wilfully misrepresented the standpoint of other contributors, preferring to set up a straw man - a mere distortion of their view - and to ridicule that, rather than to engage with what they are actually saying.
I have repeatedly refused to be drawn into the ins and outs of the Iraq question today and I'm not going to change my mind now (my son is hiding under the duvet upstairs waiting for me to 'find' him and put him to bed). I simply suggest that your discussion with those who are prepared to engage with the issue would proceed more smoothly if you would address the points they are actually making rather than playing to the gallery.
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I've been trying to get to the root of what they are saying Chris.
If someone makes a statement that suggests they believe one thing, then is it wrong to pick them up on it to try to clarify?