MatthewHSE - 2:07 am on May 8, 2004 (gmt 0)

I know logic myself, and I still fail to see the problem here. Operafan didn't surmise that the SafeSurf meta tags definitely helped in the rankings; he merely said he believed they might have had something to do with it. He never claimed that it was the reason for the high rankings of those sites, and in fact he never claimed that it was any reason for the high rankings. He merely indulged in a little speculation, which we all do from time to time and which is perfectly logical.

I don't see how my comments and those of digitalghost are any more of a straw man than your irrelevant comment about "failing Logic 101." I was addressing the implication I perceived in your post, which I am freely willing to admit may have been inaccurate - but it was not illogical.

Not to start an off-topic "range war" here; I just don't want people saying I use logical fallacies. I'm a logician myself, of sorts, and to be accused of setting up a straw man isn't altogether pleasant! ;)