On 20/09/2007, at 3:58 AM, Dave Land wrote: >> >> I'm not sure what this means. I thought you wanted to discuss the >> ettiquette of online communication? Why do you have to repeatedly >> resort to these ad hominems? > > I sincerely apologize for this and other ad-hominem attacks that I > have resorted to, including calling you a "twit".
That's not an ad hominem, that's just abuse. Ad hominem is when you argue that the person is wrong because of some character of that person, instead of engaging the argument. "You can't possibly be right about climate change, you're American" "You're wrong because you're being offensive". etc. Ad hominen does *not* mean calling someone names. "Klaus, you're a Nazi piece of shit" is not ad hominem. "Klaus, your opinion on tiger keeping is wrong because you're German" is. Charlie. GCU Grammatical Correction Maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
