>So... you're countering one strawman with another? A strawman is when you misrepresent another person's argument. What I've done is present a hypothetical sit

>So... you're countering one strawman with another? A strawman is when you misrepresent another person's argument. What I've done is present a hypothetical situation, apply the GP's prescribed view to it, and asked if it's fair. It is basically a kind of "proof by contradiction" where you assume the opposite of what you want to prove, apply it to a situation and show a contradiction, and so it must be false. I think it's a pretty strong, argument, actually.