Thread: The London 2012 Olympics: Current affairs discussion
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Old 30-07-2012, 11:15   #141
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Current affairs discussion
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What?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
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A straw man is a type of argument and is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by replacing it with a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.


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I've never played the devils advocaat before.
Side-bar. My late Gran used to love that stuff. Always bought her a bottle at Christmas
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