On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 03:17:55PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Allowing these logical fallacies to stand, and not refuting > them, lead to a discussion that goes nowhere, or floats off into sub > optimal directions if not scotched in the bud. > > Indeed, leaving logical fallacies unchallenged does nore to harm > the discussion than pointing them out and trying to bring the thread > back to a logical discussion; and leaving ad hominem attacks > unchallenged poisons the discussion environment to the point that it > detracts from the discussion itself.
I think people would prefer if those were pointed out in private mail. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org