Friday beers on the river: 16.10.09: Captain Kidd in Wapping

oh see i thought it meant building something up so then you can show how that thing is wrong and your argument is right. building a strawman so you can burn him.

That's pretty much it? Except the argument you build up is (either honestly or maliciously, I don't think it matters?) weaker than the actual argument would be.

Is this what you meant?

I didn't really read the wiki article. Maybe wiki knows more than me. Probably.