On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:50 PM, harrismh777 <harrismh...@charter.net> wrote: > Westley Martínez wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I don't even know one person who has Win7 installed, running, and >>>>> likes it... >>>>> > >> not even one. >>>> >>>> > > >>>> > > Hi, m harris, nice to meet you. Now you do. >>>> > > >>>> > > To the online community: Is there a name for trolling for A by >>>> > > advocating for not-A in a way that discredits your point of view >>>> > an >>>> > > case so that A now seems much more reasonable? It's not really >>>> > > "concern trolling". What would this be called? >>> >>> > >>> > Harrisment. >>> > >>> > /I'm sorry, this is abuse... >>> > >>> > Geremy Condra >> >> That was harristerical. >> > > > Actually, it is funny... and I love humor as much as I love mathematics, > software, and freedom. Truly harristerical... :) > > But on a serious note, I did wonder who would be the first jouster to offer > the argumentum ad hominem? ... ah, sticks and stones... > > My major professor once told me, "You know you've won the argument when they > start calling you names!"
I think your professor should have said "you know you've won the argument when you can prove it". Geremy Condra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list