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Re:Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Mo... by AnkhMorporkian on Monday April 06, 2015 @02:57PM (#9329973)
I wasn't attacking a position, it can't be a strawman. It was an analogy and an explanation of my position.
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Re:Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Mo... by Panoramix on Monday April 06, 2015 @03:54PM (#9330330)
That's true, you incurred in a false equivalence fallacy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence

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Re:Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Mo... by AnkhMorporkian on Monday April 06, 2015 @05:02PM (#9330676)
I never said they were exactly the same, which is what false equivalence deals with. I compared the two situations, both of which involve classified information, leaks, and loss of asset information.
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