On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:32:20 GMT, in a place far, far away, LooseChanj
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

On or about Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:14:58 GMT, Rand Simberg
made the sensational claim that:
I dismiss (and point out) strawmen because they're strawmen. Why
should I have to defend a statement or position that I didn't make, or
take?

Well, if all you do (and Paul Dietz is *the* master) is gainsay, is there
a point to posting?

Yes, to point out that a statement is incorrect, for those who are
interested.

"Uh, no" is not a response.

Well, actually it is, even if you'd prefer elaboration.

Anyway, that's a different issue than strawmen.

There's a difference between asking questions, which I usually take
pains to answer, and simply responding to authoritatively stated
nonsense. I don't want to spend much time with detailed responses to
the latter, because my experience is that it will only continue to
provoke an endless argument (one of the reasons, for example, that Mr.
Ordover is in my killfile). It may be educational for some, I
suppose, but I simply haven't the time to patiently correct in detail
everyone who wants to troll.

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