Re: Why Is the Supply of IDIOT Mountain Bikers ENDLESS???

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:41:12 +0000 (UTC), Beej Jorgensen
<beej@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Mike Vandeman  <mjvande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>This is the kind of ad hominem (ask your mommie to explain it to you)
>
>Unless he was addressing part of your argument, which is unlikely at
>this point in the thread, then it's not ad hominem; it's just an insult.
>
>It has to be clear that he is trying to undermine your position by
>attacking your character for it to be ad hominem.
>
>For instance, "what you say is false because you're a mountain biker" is
>a fine example of ad hominem.

You don't know what you are talking about. Ad hominem is attacking the
messenger, when the REAL issue is the message. It's much easier to
attack the messenger, than to tell the truth about your destructive,
selfish, sick s****t.

>-Beej
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