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Re:I ported a JavaScript app to Dart by pessimizer on Friday May 09, 2014 @02:03PM (#7722346)
>proof that he was forced to do this against his will by Google

strawman alert.

Re:I ported a JavaScript app to Dart by magicalist on Friday May 09, 2014 @02:54PM (#7722655)
That's not a strawman. It would be a strawman if the GP characterized the original comment as suggesting that, but it's not. It's saying that even this facetiously extreme example still would not disqualify the content of the post from being useful/interesting/whatever.
Re:I ported a JavaScript app to Dart by hamax on Friday May 09, 2014 @02:56PM (#7722668)
Saying X isn't worth discussing but something worse than X maybe would be isn't a strawman.