On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 3:21 AM, Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com > wrote:
> >> Maybe I've got my Latin wrong, please explain to me again what "ad >> hominem" means. > > > > *It means to use personal attacks against the author of an argument > instead of addressing the substance of the argument.* Like this? *"I think you make a basic logic mistake. It is true that some brilliant people are assholes, but being an asshole does not make you brilliant.”* I have never called anybody on this list an asshole, and before the era of Donald Trump I very rarely used that word in any context even in private conversations. It’s true I did use some colorful language in reference to Quentin but only after he called me a liar nearly every day for the better part of a year. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
