Reply #87: Straw? I Think Not. [View All]

[outinforce]

First, thanks for finally writing some of your thoughts and for making an argument.

Now, let's review the bidding here.

One post said, "The Crucifixion is terror,...Human sacrifices are terror. Hawaii was conquerd by the Tahitian ruler who used human sacrifice. Egypt? Human sacrifice. Aztec? Human sacrifice....This image of terror is used to create obedience."

Since "the image of terror" -- which I took to mean "human sacrifice" was raised, I suggested that the sight of a person nailed to a cross was an "image of terror". Hardly a strawman argument, given what the person who suggest that the "crucifixion is terror" said. It was he, after all, who said that.

In response to my post, he could have said that he was talking about the film, and not about crucifixes. Instead, he chose to respond by saying, ". it is an image of terror - period. don't blame me if you can't handle it. A man being murdered by being tortured and nailed to a cross is an image of terror."

I still don't get the strawman part of the argument. I was pointing out what I thought was the absurdity of the "terror" argument.