I'm always glad to be a hack from your perspective, David. ------------------------ Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> -----Original Message----- > From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David B. > Shemano > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Thomas Sowell > > > Daniel Davies writes: > > >> David, I cannot help noticing that you have written close > to 1000 words > >> about what a fantastic chap Thomas Sowell is, and not a > single word about > >> the actual (IMO lousy) boilerplate free trade hackwork > that was forwarded to > >> the list. This also, is a form of "argumentum ad hominem". > > The article cited was straightforward op-ed defense of free > trade written for a general audience. To detemine that > Sowell is a hack based upon an op-ed column for a general > audience is silly. Furthermore, looking back at Devine's > criticism, he agrees with 2 of the points and takes issue > with 6 others in short declarative sentences that are > unsupported by any evidence and fail to address easy > rebuttals or even the complexities of the issue. Therefore, > since Sowell is a hack because of the superficial nature of > his op-ed, then Devine is a hack because of the superficial > nature of his criticsm. > > David Shemano >
