[blml] Two UI/AI cases [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Tim West-Meads:

[snip]

>>One would hope a veil could be drawn over any Hillsian flights of
>>fancy about the legal auction being UI to a player.

Wikipedia, Straw Man fallacy:

>One can set up a straw man in the following ways:
>
>1.  Present a misrepresentation of the opponent's position, refute
>it, and pretend that the opponent's actual position has been
>refuted.

[snip]

>5.  Oversimplify a person's argument into a simple analogy, which
>can then be attacked.

[snip]

>An example of a straw man fallacy:
>
>Person A: I don't think children should run into the busy streets.
>Person B: I think that it would be foolish to lock children up all
>day.
>
>By insinuating that Person A's argument is far more draconian than
>it is, Person B has side-stepped the issue.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
Level 6 Aqua Training Suite, DIAC
02 6225 6776

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