Sandy keeps pushing his "scarecrow=strawman" idiocy…time for him to pick up his toys and go home? aaj reply…..

> >>
> >I said:
> > Only in Sandy's world.  In the real world, though both may have 'straw' in
> > common, they are used in completely different contexts -- one to scare
> > crows away in a field, the other to represent a false argument (or an
> > argument made of chaff).
> >
> > Sandy did not create this odd coincidence for this thread -- he has
> > apparently used it as late as 2010, as evidenced from another thread.
> >
> > So, we can deduce from Sandy's statements that he can see no difference
> > between a scarecrow and a strawman argument.
> >
>
Sandy said:
> It is very strange that you accused me recently, and repeatedly, of not
> understanding "artistic thinking," when you have such trouble with a
> figure of speech any child could understand. [...]
>
"Any child" could understand that there is nothing in the concept of a "scarecrow" that demands it be filled with straw.  It could be filled with scraps of old clothes, or towels, or a hundred other things.  Only in Sandy's word does a 'scarecrow' equal a 'strawman'.  BTW, repeatedly going around in circles on this seems just a tad 'childish', don't you think?

Pamela
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