I never said that rationality and survival were at odds with being a pirate - that's something you injected into my words, hence strawman. I said that the stric

I never said that rationality and survival were at odds with being a pirate - that's something you injected into my words, hence strawman. I said that the strict rationality in the article was; the extreme nature of the rationality described. I mean, I even italicised the word 'strictly' in my reply, to clearly indicate the important bit of my comment that you blithely removed to create your strawman. You didn't 'drill down' my argument, you twisted it to say something I never said. It's like if I said "if a person inhales too much water, they can drown" and you replied "why do you think water is at odds with survival?". Hell, even in this new "distillation" of yours, the word 'strictly' is used. If you're a fan of rhetoric, then get on board with the meanings of words. And if you want to be pedantic, I didn't just say "that's a strawman", I pointed out why it was.