>Would Plato's 'The Republic' qualify also an overly long strawman? Yes, it's designed to illustrate a point and not engage someone in a discussion. The comme

>Would Plato's 'The Republic' qualify also an overly long strawman? Yes, it's designed to illustrate a point and not engage someone in a discussion. The comment I'm responding to just had a bunch of misrepresentations of people he/she disagrees with. >Also, why are you telling people how to have discussions? It's not a discussion, it's a lecture buried in a fake conversation without facts.