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This is fallacious reasoning, because there is no way to know ''why'' person A believes what he does, and Person B has used one reason which suits his own purpose. For example, it's quite possible that Person A wants to cut the program because he wants to change the funding to something which he thinks does a ''better'' job at defending the country.
 
This is fallacious reasoning, because there is no way to know ''why'' person A believes what he does, and Person B has used one reason which suits his own purpose. For example, it's quite possible that Person A wants to cut the program because he wants to change the funding to something which he thinks does a ''better'' job at defending the country.
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==See also==
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*[[Reductio ad absurdum]], a different form of argument that is often confused with the straw-man fallacy
    
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]
 
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]
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