I can see the application of the 'Straw Man Theory' to Shearer and dhunter as quite appropriate, yet I do feel a further application, 'The Scarecrow Theory' is appropriate for both, as well. That is the theory from one of the great classics, The Wizard of Oz, in which you may recall that the Scarecrow was in search of a brain.
>>Scarecrow: I haven't got a brain... only straw.
Dorothy: How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.>>
