On Aug 31, 6:58*pm, Brian Whatcott wrote:
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Not necessarily straw-men.

As presented they were straw men. He set them and knocked them down
and then came to the unsubstantiated conclusion: "it looks like you
couldn't pass the test." It's a dishonest form of argument. I take
your point that type certification may be useful (and indeed Merchant
Marine creds are typed) but I found the presentation of the argument
so offensive that I didn't see any reason to dignify it with much of a
response.

-- Tom.

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:38:17 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Aug 31, 6:58*pm, Brian Whatcott wrote:
...
Not necessarily straw-men.

As presented they were straw men. He set them and knocked them down
and then came to the unsubstantiated conclusion: "it looks like you
couldn't pass the test." It's a dishonest form of argument. I take
your point that type certification may be useful (and indeed Merchant
Marine creds are typed) but I found the presentation of the argument
so offensive that I didn't see any reason to dignify it with much of a
response.

-- Tom.

As you sow, so shall ye reap.