Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Platt inserted ... > > On 7/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Platt, I don't need lectures from you on "ad hominem". > > > > The lecture was from Pirsig in case you didn't notice. > [Ian] Of course I noticed, you even cited the quote, that's why I > didn't need it; I'm as familiar with it as you are, and it was > irrelevant to my point. However "in case you didn't notice" is (ad > hominem) suggesting I'm stupid.
Do you really think that ad hominems only apply to the word "stupid." Is this the level of your self-congratulatory intellect? > > > I've NEVER called you or your points "stupid". > > > I quite legitimately say you are evil and dishonest, and constantly > > > engaing in ad hominem digs. I (and Arlo it seems) choose to point out > > > that dishonesty. You don't think name-calling (evil and dishonest) is a personal, ad hominem attack. Good Lord, I'm dealing with an idiot. > > To say I am evil and dishonest is an ad hominem attack. It "does not tell us > > about the condition of the sun." > > [Ian] Good, I wasn't talking about the sun, I was talking about your > morals. You were the subject of my argument. That has nothing to do > with ad hominem. Name-calling is an argument? How dishonest can you get? If I'm the subject, how come you don't change the subject line? > > > Platt, I referred to Arlo and myself, because those were the three > > > people involved in the point ... ie I was talking to you about Arlo's > > > mail .... so, yes I'm saying Arlo and I are on the OK side of you > > > (IMHO natch). > > > > > > It's only you I'm expressing opinions about, everyone else is err ... > > > OK by me ... that is they are not the subject of any points in this > > > correspondence. > > > > But you do include yourself and Arlo as being "representative" of this > > forum do you not? And you do think your words are OK, right? > > [Ian] More representative of its values than you, more OK than you, if > you must. No absolute truths here. Yes, of course. "More representative of its values than you, more OK than your." Arrogance at its height. > > So pat yourself on the back. It's nice to have an ego. > > [Ian] So again Platt, pat yourself on the back ... ATFQ - where did I > ever call you "stupid" - you immoral, ignorant liar ? I'm not > suggesting that as part of some rhetorical trick, I'm explicitly > asserting it. Again, to get it through your thick head. "Stupid" is not the only word that constitutes an ad hominem attack. Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
