On Sep 19, 2007, at 2:05 PM, Charlie Bell wrote: > On 20/09/2007, at 3:58 AM, Dave Land wrote: > >>> I'm not sure what this means. I thought you wanted to discuss the >>> ettiquette of online communication? Why do you have to repeatedly >>> resort to these ad hominems? >> >> I sincerely apologize for this and other ad-hominem attacks that I >> have resorted to, including calling you a "twit". > > That's not an ad hominem, that's just abuse. Ad hominem is when you > argue that the person is wrong because of some character of that > person, instead of engaging the argument.
I think I sense a trend here: "Non-sequitur" used and spelled incorrectly, leading to griping. "Ad-hominem" used incorrectly, leading to correction. Perhaps we would all do well to stick with English? Dave Illegitimi non carborundum Maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
