Michael Banck <mba...@debian.org> writes: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 03:17:55PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Indeed, leaving logical fallacies unchallenged does [more] > > 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.
This preference amounts to preferring that fallacies go unchallenged in the forum where they were uttered. -- \ “You've got to think about big things while you're doing small | `\ things, so that all the small things go in the right | _o__) direction.” —Alvin Toffler | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org