On 11-06-29 10:06 AM, Rich Murray wrote:
Ad hominem responses are always confirmations that the responder is unable to support his position with evidence and reason... Lack of playful humor is another sign. Abd and Jed have shown this too, in recent days.
Nonsense. Please don't make such claims about individuals unless you can back them up (which you can't, in this case).
Rich, you cited no specific messages here, probably because you couldn't. This turns your argument into an ad hominem attack in itself: It's just a vague accusation directed at individuals.
Jed gets a little peeved now and then when somebody isn't following his argument, and he gets seriously peeved when dealing with pathological skeptics, but I don't think I've ever seen Abd do anything even vaguely like that, and a quick perusal of his recent messages shows him attacking arguments, pointing out flaws in reasoning, picking logical holes in things ... but I see not a shred of an ad hominem attack.
Rich, please don't mistake attacks on *your* reasoning or arguments as ad hominems, by the way. Just because you think you sound sensible doesn't mean anybody else is going to agree with you!
