[Overpaid Slacker]

I'm with tabs (2nd para) and legion. I love a good debate, but never got (or saw) one from Rodeo. Though I think we did agree on a couple of things... I don't "block" anybody.

As for strawmen, there is a world heavyweight strawman champion hereon (and several who could take a legitimate shot at the title) but I never got that treatment from Mul.

Well, to be charitable maybe it's not so much deliberate use of strawmen, but just many folks' abyssmal logic discipline and/or reading comprehension. Which results in a penchant for not only taking one line (usually obiter dictum) out of context and distorting or deliberately mischaracterizing it, but then claiming it represents the crux of "your" argument. In my little professional world, that type of tactical brilliance gets you crushed and fired, dayum lickety.

Hey, some people are bad at algebra, some have a poor sense of direction, and others can't put an argument together (though they feel strongly) and it's not uncommond for such people to respond explosively when their deficiencies are pointed out.

JP