Reply #204: Must I explain this yet again?

[Bleeding Cubbie Blue]

"Name ONE person who makes the claim that it is. I don't think their is one. Therefore attacking that position is a straw man."

Post # 37 (boloboffin) :

"That is what punched the hole in the A-E Drive. The mass of the plane decelerating from 530 mph to 0 mph in .8 of a second over the distance of twice the length of the plane."

This statement was based on the book quote, and was offered up as answer to the OP's question about damage assessment. Funny how you guys wish to take me to task for questioning the assertion, yet will side-step bolo's use of it in the first place as an "offhand comment". And much as you seem to enjoy using the "straw man" term, it clearly doesn't apply here. Just as it didn't apply to your use of it trying to claim nobody used the "3 minute high school equation" bit. I didn't make these things up to knock them down - they're still here in this thread. See, this is why the notion of a "serious debate" in this forum is dubious, at best. I have little interest in spending so much time explaining basic concepts like the meaning of "straw man" and irony to those who consistently misuse the terms (or don't understand them at all).

So unlike Brett Favre, who keeps returning for one more season, I'm retiring from this thread. Feel free, however, to continue obfuscating my posts with semantics and selective context. Good day.