C'mon, John. It's an old political trick, also used by religious groups and by nations that want to justify warfare by proving an opponent evil:

redefine your opponent's position until it's ridiculous, and then refute it - that's argumentum ad absurdum.

Hey, I gotta do something with my minor in Philosophy and six years of Latin (and my expertise in HTML).
-Joe-

You, too, can do amazing things like blue clickies - just see the Mudcat HTML Guide.