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[WalterBright]

> that's more to assuage guilt or plaster a name for posterity than it is for any return

And you know this, how?

> always

If you have to insert this word, you've created a strawman.

[richbell → WalterBright]

> > > People that do end up with a great deal of money aren't always the sharpest crayons in the sun - many have luck and good advisors.

> > always

> If you have to insert this word, you've created a strawman.

It's a strawman to say that "something isn't always true?" Really? Come on.

[WalterBright → richbell]

When I say "people like ice cream" and you say "not all people like ice cream" that's creating a straw man.

[richbell → WalterBright]

That is not what a strawman is.

[WalterBright → richbell]

Yeah it is. You're arguing against my point by creating a false representation of what I said.

[richbell → WalterBright]

No, Walter, it is you who created a false representation of what noqc said when you replied to their comment saying "people who are very good at making money make stupid investments?"

[WalterBright → richbell]

Not at all. I did not add "all".