A strawman is and informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. Ergo when you claim that people are going to do something impossible and use it in an effort to "prove" copyright law is bad, you are using a strawman because you are misrepresenting the position of copyright supporters to claim they support or will support something bad despite the fact that the something bad you're talking about is actually impossible.
It's not the unpopular opinion that's the problem, it's your lack of research, your ignorance and your attitude towards those of us who actually understand copyright and who wish to protect our work from thieves.
I picked it up from an icon post a while back, though I forget who I got it from, they said it was theirs and that it was okay to repost. I'm looking for a new one currently though.
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Date: 2010-06-22 11:59 am (UTC)A strawman is and informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. Ergo when you claim that people are going to do something impossible and use it in an effort to "prove" copyright law is bad, you are using a strawman because you are misrepresenting the position of copyright supporters to claim they support or will support something bad despite the fact that the something bad you're talking about is actually impossible.
It's not the unpopular opinion that's the problem, it's your lack of research, your ignorance and your attitude towards those of us who actually understand copyright and who wish to protect our work from thieves.
I picked it up from an icon post a while back, though I forget who I got it from, they said it was theirs and that it was okay to repost. I'm looking for a new one currently though.