A typical straw
man argument used against wind power is: «No country can run on wind power because the wind doesn't blow all the time.
But the word «uncertainties» also appears in a straw
man argument used by alarmists.
Not exact matches
As a participant in that 1998 Ramsey Colloquium, a longtime supporter of the cautious
use of rights language, and a frequent critic of its misuses, I was moved by Reno's
arguments to ponder whether the noble post — World War II universal human - rights idea has finally been so manipulated and politicized as to justify its abandonment by
men and women of good will.
As a bangology scholar, I can assure all that
men will
use any excuse, reason, justifcation,
argument or con to get in a young one's panties.
I haven't heard that
argument used for movies since the early days of pornography when hard - core pictures were preceded by a warning from a
man wearing a doctor's smock about the terrible things viewers were about to witness.
The Founders» Constitution is, in the editors» words, «an anthology of reasons and of the political
arguments that thoughtful
men and women drew from, and
used to support those reasons» (I: xi) The «reasons» and «
arguments» are those of the founding generation and of the works that the» founders read.
Having being on the receiving end of the «
man - hater» comment more times than I can count, seeing it listed as number one — in the form of «I like white males so much I married one» — rubbed me the wrong way.Being called a
man - hater is often unfairly
used as a way to silence women and dismiss their
arguments outright, which is troubling, especially when it happens in the midst of a theological discussion.
Men kill yes even atheists like Stalin, Mao, Poll Pot kill millions so your
use of that
argument is dead as are all the people killed by atheists.
To critics of biblical inerrancy, it sounds like we Christians are making the same
argument as this
man uses: Is this what we do with Scripture?
I have just recently spoken to a prominient leader within the evangelical community in Scotland about such and his
use of rhetoric, and misrepresentation of others and their views by straw
man arguments.
Using logic and reason, man can deduce by using various arguments that God exists, and what sort of God He migh
Using logic and reason,
man can deduce by
using various arguments that God exists, and what sort of God He migh
using various
arguments that God exists, and what sort of God He might be.
In an earlier attack he argues that (for some reason)
using the «if, then»
argument (if torturing a
man will held defend our troops, then we ought to torture him) to support the
use of torture by government officials on our enemies, isn't legitimate, because (crazy logical leap) many interrogators say torture doesn't work -LRB-!?).
There is some intellectual dishonesty, congruence, and implicit condescension in Bill Nye's
arguments which is quite the turn - off for me, a college student, looking up to this
man and trying to learn the truth
using the Socratic method.
One of the main
arguments used by advocates of gay «marriage» is that the current definition of marriage (as pertaining exclusively to
man and woman) breaches the principle of equality and thus discriminates against same sex couples.
C. S. Lewis» recognition of a fact - value dichotomy within an
argument against ethical subjectivism in The Abolition of
Man has no doubt contributed something to the frequency with which «values» is
used by both Catholics and Protestants who want to defend «traditional values.»
And if we affirm that Jesus was true God and true
man and believe that he rose bodily from the tomb, then logical consistency demands that we not
use the Enlightenment's antisupernatural, deistic or naturalistic
arguments against traditional views on the virgin birth, the miracle stories of the Bible, the presence of the Holy Spirit, the future return of Christ, prayer and others.
John Stott said that the most convincing
argument, however, is not these sets of verses to be
used in a proof text manner, but rather the single affirmation of heterosexual marriage to be found in Genesis 2:24 — «That is why a
man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.»
«o noooooooes it can't be true!!!!!!»», he
used a straw
man argument.
And what's more, it looks to me as though the Christian Religion lifted out of this mental atmosphere becomes a fish out of water, and rationalistic
arguments used against the sacraments and ministry, just as destructive of the Incarnation, in the hands, that is, of a
man who would consent to be consistent.
Use any
argument you want to justify, defend, or denounce those things
man - made, but never bring the name of our Lord and saviour into the
argument as a means to an end.
He condemns ho - mos - exuality even though it is a natural practice (feel free to disagree all you want, but that
argument will go nowhere), and his idea of a good marriage is a 13 year old girl being given to a 40 year old
man as payment for a land deal, with her bloody sheets being
used as a receipt of a good deal, and if she isn't a vir - gin (she could have been ra - ped, or her hy -
men could have burst while riding a horse or something) she is to be stoned to death on her parent's doorstep.
But if more and more people are willing to limit what a pregnant woman can do — and what Personhood USA says is an expectation for «parents to
use their bodies to care for their children» — it seems as if an
argument could be made that it's OK to limit what women and
men can do for fun and for their livelihood once they become parents.
And the more you read conservative blogs, the more clearly you can see the logical fallacies, straw
man arguments, and misrepresentations
used to justify its deluded conclusions.
He was a lifelong Labour
man and had regular
arguments with my parents, but he got the post out whatever the weather and often
used to give me a lift to school on the crossbar of his bike.
In closing
arguments, prosecutors cited emails in which Percoco and Howe
used the word «ziti,» saying the
men borrowed it from the HBO mob drama «The Sopranos» to refer to bribes.
Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public corruption,
used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the
men said in closing
arguments yesterday.
Agnifilo
used his closing
argument to contrast Venditto with Singh, saying the former town supervisor was a content family
man who «has everything he needs» while the one - time restaurant mogul was «not happy with where he is» and needed «to get somewhere else.»
I found this a useful and timely post and have
used it today to respond to a
man writing to me with the
argument that CO2 is not a pollutant but a fertilizer.
Said no powerlifter, ever,) not to mention that fundamentally strength and endurance athletes tend to not have much in common, other than
arguments over whether or not a squat suit and Chuck Taylors look any more or less ridiculous than
men's neon booty shorts and black and yellow Kayanos.But there are plenty of reasons that some of you strength focused folks may be interested in distance running (which will be the example for cardio I'm
using in this article).
And it was still a sly reference - you can't
use the
man's words to strengthen and give credence to your
argument like that, failing to mention the context and intention behind them.
Covering an article from OKCupid that makes an
argument using statistics that suggests
men should consider dating older women.
She
used the same played out, classic
argument: «I want a
man who can relate to me and understand the struggle.»
The flim - flam
man uses the veneer of social science to disguise an agenda - driven or ill - conceived
argument.
For example, if you were marketing a car, you would
use different
arguments to find a target audience of women than you would to
men.
Many people are
using this as an
argument to suggest that the mystery
man is lying.
My goal is to keep Dot Earth «the right room for an
argument» — in the purest sense of the word as
used in the amazing Monty Python sketch involving Michael Palin (
Man) and John Cleese (Arguer):
Personally I have never
used the volcano
argument although it would be interestings to speculate their contribution vis a a vis
man if Co2 does stick around for a thousand years...
Her point, it seems, is to show that in the cases of acid rain, CFCs, and environmental tobacco smoke, these
men used the same
argument: the science was uncertain, concerns were exaggerated, technology will solve the problem, no need for government interference.
Wilson constantly
uses the «CO2 is a greenhouse gas that
man is making and changing the climate»
argument.
Newsweek Magazine first
used the climate «tipping point»
argument in 1975 to urge action to prevent
man - made global cooling.
«Therefore they will regard consensus studies indicating that a large majority of published studies / relevant scientists agree that
man is causing climate change and will
use this information to support their
arguments.»
That kind of
argument has been
used since almost two millennia «All
men, except a few very ones who are very depraved and vicious, believe in the dogmas and myths of my community, which have been revealed centuries ago; hence my dogmas are true and my prophecies are undisputable».
You
use that
argument in your way but my view is that you do it
using in that particular claim the straw
man fallacy.
However, catastrophists have attempted to
use these past temperature reconstructions to make the
argument that temperatures were incredibly stable and low right up to the point that
man has made them higher and less stable in the last 100 years.
Basically, the comments state that neither numbers 1 or 2 above are
arguments any climate scientists are
using and, further, just to demonstrate what a silly straw -
man - erector I am, they were never
used as proof of high climate sensitivity to CO2.
The basis for [Bodine's]
argument appears to be that most lawyers don't
use Twitter and that 40 % of the discussion on Twitter is mindless - as if the conversation among lawyers and local business leaders in the country club on
men's golf day is that of complex legal matters.
One of the researchers, Alan Yu, wonders if
men tend to compensate for a lack of confidence by
using a «manlier» voice at oral
argument.
Some people find that a benefit — one
argument against Obamacare is that, say, young single
men shouldn't have to pay «extra» for maternity coverage that they're not going to
use, and with HSMs you may not have to — but, again, it's important to know what the tradeoff is between health insurance and HSMs.
Some of the best memes floating around social media at the moment are the escalating
arguments of two gruff - looking motorcycle
men on various topics like the Hobbits not
using the Eagles to fly to Mordor, self - checkout frustrations and whether or not Garfield is actually good.