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	Straw man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The straw man fallacy is a rhetorical technique (also classified as a logical fallacy) based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position; deriving from the use of straw men in combat training.
		To "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw-man argument" is to create a position that is easy to refute, then attribute that position to your opponent.
		The name 'straw man' comes from a physical analogy which highlights the fallacious nature of the a straw man argument.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Straw_man (470 words)

	Logical Fallacy: Straw Man
		"Straw man" is one of the best-named fallacies, because it is memorable and vividly illustrates the nature of the fallacy.
		The Straw Man is a type of Red Herring because the arguer is attempting to refute his opponent's position, and in the context is required to do so, but instead attacks a position—the "straw man"—not held by his opponent.
		Such straw men are often part of the process of "demonization", and we might well call the subfallacy of the straw man which attacks an extreme position instead of the more moderate position held by the opponent, the "Straw Demon".
	www.fallacyfiles.org /strawman.html (793 words)

	Wikinfo \| Straw man
		In the sport of rodeo, the straw man is a scarecrow-like figure, made of a shirt and pants stuffed with straw, and, traditionally, propped up with a broom.
		Straw man is also a type of media manipulation.
		A "straw man proposal" is a simple draft proposal intended to generate discussion of its disadvantages, and to provoke the generation of new, better, proposals.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Straw_man (731 words)

	A Man of Straw
		In the intervening period, Straw used his tenure as British Home Secretary to make the asylum laws as inelastic as possible for impoverished and desperate refugees, while allowing the defendant in the world's landmark torture and kidnapping case to sit in a country house and receive regular teatime visits from Baroness Thatcher.
		The Baroness never noticed or reported any signs of mental deterioration in her old pal and kept on about his courage and fighting spirit, but now we are asked to believe that the general is in such a state of decrepitude that he wouldn't or couldn't even understand the charges against him.
		The coalition of anti-Pinochet forces with which Jack Straw has to deal--that coalition that favors international human rights law--is not in favor of dragging terrified or disabled people before tribunals that are conducted in a language unknown to the defendant, as happens all the time to deportees from British shores.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20000207/hitchens (1073 words)

	Jack Straw
		Mr Straw was born in 1946 and educated at Brentwood School, Essex and Leeds University.
		Mr Straw was President of Leeds University Students' Union from 1967-1968 and of the National Union of Students from 1969-1971.
		From 1971 to 1974 Mr Straw was a member of the Inner London Education Authority and Deputy Leader from 1973 to 1974.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page1381.asp (263 words)

	Mission: Critical (Burden of Proof)
		And that is the purpose of this technique, which we call "straw man" (like a scarecrow) because it relies on the creation of a false image of someone else's statements, ideas, or beliefs.
		Usually actions are too unambiguous to suffer the oversimplification of a "straw man," and simple mischaracterization is not a fallacy, but a weakness in the support of a claim.
		For example, claiming someone has voted for raising taxes, when the vote was really in favor of a bill raising some taxes but cutting many more, would not be a "straw man" in itself, but might be used in combination with mistatements of the person's comments and policies to create a false-image fallacy.
	www.sjsu.edu /depts/itl/graphics/adhom/straw.html (807 words)

	j a c k *: Armies of Straw...
		While these people are technically on the left of the political spectrum, it's still setting up a straw man to imply that this represents the peak or even the mainstream of liberal thought.
		Not only is he building on his initial straw man by telling us how this hypothetical liberal wants to address the problem of wealth inequity, but he's also couching it in a form which does not consider all possible options.
		Of course once such a straw man has been established it's not very hard to show how absurd such a policy would be.
	www.jackasterisk.com /j_a_c_k_/2005/09/armies_of_straw.html (2592 words)

	Re: Straw man vs Man of Straw
		I also wondered about using straw men to practice combat with or using a straw man for a decoy.
		: : : However, as to "straw man", I'd always presumed that it was an alternative expression for an Aunt Sally, which I understand to be the name for a female straw figure set up at country fairs in days of yore for the paying public to throw things at.
		It may be that this derives from comparison with a straw filled scarecrow but, in 1811, a man of straw was a hired hand, so called from having straw stuck in his shoes to distinguish him.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/13/messages/1075.html (559 words)

	straw man
		In other words, the attacker of a straw man argument is refuting a position of his own creation, not the position of someone else.
		To understand the example of the straw man fallacy I will present here, I suggest you first read my entry on the unconscious mind and identify what my arguments and positions are in that essay.
		Tyler has created a straw man. I leave it to the reader to figure out how this straw man is like arguing that Australia didn't exist until the first white explorers discovered it.
	www.skepdic.com /refuge/ctlessons/lesson9.html (1907 words)

	Theological Glossaries
		It often neglects or downplays the objective authority of the entire Bible, the centrality of doctrine and theology in the church, and God's law as an abiding ethical standard for man. For most evangelicals, Christianity is chiefly an experience and morality, not a doctrinal confession of faith.
		That man was only weakened by the fall and that man had the ability to save himself by accepting or rejecting of his own will, Christ's offer.
		STRAW MAN: The 'Straw Man Argument' is one which is untenable because of certain dishonest or erroneous assumptions embedded within them.
	www.monergism.com /thethreshold/articles/topic/glossaries.html (1930 words)

	Straw Man
		Straw Man can be further identified as a distinct legal entity (e.g., a corporation) that benefits the creator (e.g., the US Government) by allowing the creator to accomplish things in the name of the
		Straw Man in this regard is known as the “transmitting utility” whereby a government can acquire the goods and services of otherwise sovereign individuals.
		Straw Man, and are thereby responsible for discharging the public liability associated with the “benefits” that come to the individual in the name of the
	www.halexandria.org /dward314.htm (573 words)

	S W E B O K - Straw Man Phase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The objectives of the Straw Man phase are to define the strategy, to deliver what is referred to as the Straw Man version of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge and to gather momentum in the profession for the project.
		As its name implies, this Straw Man version is intended to be challenged and to stimulate a vigorous debate.
		For the purposes of this Straw Man version, a potential knowledge area had to be mentioned in the table of contents of at least one quarter of the textbooks sampled to qualify as a proposed Knowledge Area.
	www.swebok.org /strawman (313 words)

	Straw Man (Fear Lord, aka. Scarecrow)
		The Straw Man, as a Fear Lord, obviously generated fear in those around him, but the extent of this ability is undefined.
		The Straw Man's painting serves as the portal between Earth and the realm of the demon lord Kalumai.
		The Straw Man returned to assist in the final battle, brought back to Earth with the aid of energy from Dr. Strange, transferred via the body of Daredevil into the Painting.
	www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/strawman.htm (2340 words)

	Straw Man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		One version of the Straw Man fallacy is to impute a "hidden agenda" to an opponent.
		Hence, the Straw Man fallacy does not consist in stating an opponent's position, but only in stating it inaccurately.
		The image of the "straw man" is supposed to suggest a figure dressed up to look the opponent, but that cannot fight back, and falls down easily.
	www.cuyamaca.net /bruce.thompson/fallacies/strawman.asp (449 words)

	The World-Class Straw Man - June 1994 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But these straw men are only dwarfs of pygmies by comparison with the world-class straw man that is being set before us in the recent volume by Adams, which requires nothing less than a rearrangement of the realities of our history, a replacement of facts with fantasies.
		This is the traditional first step in the use of the straw-man technique, the use of misstatement and misrepresentation in order to set up an artificial straw man which is alleged to be the position of your opponents.
		The second step is to vigorously attack the straw man of your own creating in the hope that observers will believe that you have demolished the position of your opponents, whereas you have actually only demolished you own artificial straw man.
	www.steps2life.org /php/view_article.php?article_id=679 (1719 words)

	Man of Straw
		Heinrich Mann's novel Man of Straw is a poignant critique of a German society in which he knew well.
		Man of Straw or Der Untertan (literally The Patrioteer or The Subject is the second part of a trilogy called Kaiserreich and like his other books it is a portrayal of the decadence of high society, the greed of wealth, position and power.
		Man of Straw is a complex book which deserves more than one hour and one paper worth of analysis.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~bcash/manofstraw.htm (1188 words)

	Straw Men & Ham Sandwiches by B.K. Marcus
		Since becoming an economic libertarian and an advocate of laissez-faire capitalism, I've noticed that most attacks on capitalism are forms of the Straw Man fallacy: instead of defining the opposing view in terms that its advocates would accept, you create a "straw man" – a stand-in or dummy position – to attack in its place.
		The straw man is easy to defeat, but irrelevant to the actual content of the original disagreement.
		The Straw Man fallacy is well known and fairly easy to spot, so it is often supplemented with a slightly more subtle move I call the Ham Sandwich Argument –; named for a logical "proof" my Uncle Raymond presented to me when I was a child.
	www.lewrockwell.com /orig5/marcus1.html (1148 words)

	BiblicalUnitarian.com - Attacking a Straw Man! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Attacking a straw man is a fallacy of logic that occurs when an opponent’s position is misrepresented in order to make it easier to refute.
		The issue is whether Jesus is to be compared to a fallen man, with the implication that he is then a partaker of man’s sinful nature.
		Man was made to reflect God’s life and goodness, and share in His attributes.
	www.biblicalunitarian.com /html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=24 (791 words)

	A straw man's best friend?
		: : : : However, as to "straw man", I'd always presumed that it was an alternative expression for an Aunt Sally, which I understand to be the name for a female straw figure set up at country fairs in days of yore for the paying public to throw things at.
		: : Straw: A man of straw is now-a-days a name for a weak minded individual with no real strength of character.
		: : Another possible origin comes from the "Straw Men" who loitered near English courts with a straw in one of their shoes - thus indicating that they were prepared to give false evidence in return for a fee; they also didn't have opinions of their own.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/13/messages/1076.html (592 words)

	Kalumai (Straw Man foe)
		The Straw Man battered the demons and took the Horn, but when he returned to his painting, the Horn could not pass through the portal and fell to Earth.
		Kalumai mutated the man into a fiery creature and sent him back to Earth, where he attacked the Straw Man. The Straw Man was aided by the Thing, who was also present at the exhibit with his girlfriend Alicia Masters.
		He fought both the Straw Man and the Thing, but was tricked into incinerating the painting, which severed his connection to Kalumai, and removed his powers.
	www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/kalumi.htm (940 words)

	Demolishing ‘straw men’
		All through these lectures, this person set up ‘straw men’ in an attempt to discredit those who believe in six ordinary days of creation, a global (entire globe) Flood, no death, disease and suffering of the nephesh animals before sin, and a young age for the universe.
		Setting up ‘straw men’ is a powerful way to destroy the credibility of those with whom you disagree.
		However, the students are not being told that there is a theological distinction given in Genesis chapter 1 between man and the animals (described as having a nephesh (life principle)), and plants (which haven’t).
	www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v19/i4/strawmen.asp (1986 words)

	Golf Hat Man Straw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	www.1st-golfequipment.com /55/golf-hat-man-straw.html (635 words)

	straw man - IIDB
		A straw man argument is when you misrepresent your opponent's position so that it appears weaker than it really is, and then you refute this false version of the argument and claim to have refuted your opponent.
		Attacking a Unitarian's beliefs by engaging in a lengthy refutation of the trinity is a red herring, since Unitarians don't believe in the trinity.
		Attacking a Catholic's beliefs by arguing that the trinity is illogical because it entails "three equals one," which is illogical, is a straw man because the doctrine of the trinity is far more sophisticated than that, and there are ways in which three can equal one (three parts of a whole, for example).
	www.iidb.org /vbb/showthread.php?t=274 (236 words)

	Straw Man - EvoWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Originally referring to an effigy in the shape of a man to practice sword strokes on,and now a weak or invented argument set up simply to be easily refuted, the Straw Man Argument is one which is not intended to be tenable.
		A Straw Man Argument sets up an incorrect caricature of a particular position, refutes the caricature, and claims victory over the actual position held.
		For example, a Straw Man Argument may claim that "random chance cannot create complex species; therefore, evolution is wrong".
	www.evowiki.org /index.php/Straw_Man (269 words)

	Fallacies [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I know we will hire any man who gets over a 70 percent on the screening test for hiring Post Office employees, but women should have to get an 80 to be hired because they often have to take care of their children.
		Smearing the opponent's argument causes a straw man fallacy.
		You commit the straw man fallacy whenever you attribute an easily refuted position to your opponent, one that the opponent wouldn't endorse, and then proceed to attack the easily refuted position believing you have undermined the opponent's actual position.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/f/fallacies.htm (13501 words)

	Straw Man
		"knocks down" the straw man version of the argument (because the straw man, as its name implies, is a much easier target to hit, undermine, etc.)
		In the following examples, "B" is guilty of such a straw man - i.e., of substituting a weaker form of an original argument, apparently challenging it successfully, and thereby leading his/her audience into believing that the original argument has been countered.
		Straw man is not always quite so obvious.
	www.drury.edu /ess/Logic/Informal/Strawman.html (1358 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| UK Politics \| Election 2005 \| In full: Jack Straw Iraq interview
		Following a new row over the legality of the war against Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw vehemently defended the government's position in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
		And I'm not asking about intelligence now Mr Straw, I'm asking you about questions surrounding the legality of the war and the way that was presented to the nation by the prime minister.
		Now I also just want to say this because some of those who argue that the legal advice was somehow wrong, are basically trying to say that the war was not justified.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4482341.stm (2539 words)

	Jack Thompson… Straw Man - Aelon.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Too bad this man is on such a mission to prove that gamers are evil, gaming is a past time that will create killers and sociopaths and won’t even listen to advice on how to improve his arguments.
		This man obviously does not know who gamers are, and that most of them are not different than “normal” people.
		I feel that this man should be taken out of the office he is in, he is the child and no one wants to play his little game.
	aelon.net /2005/07/jack-thompson-straw-man (10361 words)

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