In the same way, Princeon helped makea red out of me. My reaction to my smug, dumb, self-assuredly-entitled classmates was, What makes THESE assholes think they have a God-given right to run the world? Which (a) they were certain they had, and (b) in fact exercised whether they had it or not.
jks --- "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this case, the _ad hominem_ is quite relevant. If > you want to understand the Bush team, the fact that > it's centered on someone whose had "every advantage > in life handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, > inherited money and position - and he's still a > provincial ignoramus" says something about their > policies. The Bushwackers do absolutely everything > for those with every advantage handed to them (tax > cuts, etc.) while expecting the great unwashed > masses to do their dirty work for them (including > fighting and dying in Iraq). Bush's arrogance -- and > that of his team -- reminds me of the preppies I > encountered at Yale, who thought that the world was > their oyster. > > ------------------------ > Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & > http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bill Lear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 1:29 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Rush Limbaugh > > > > > > On Thursday, October 2, 2003 at 16:13:28 (-0400) > Doug Henwood writes: > > >... > > >Oh come on. What's wrong with a little ad > hominem, especially with > > >such a gang of thugs? Here's a guy with every > advantage in life > > >handed to him - Andover, Yale, Harvard, inherited > money and position > > >- and he's still a provincial ignoramus. Marx > never had any problem > > >with making fun of his enemies. > > > > My difficulty with ad hominem is that it is > something I can't share in > > conversations with others who do not share my > viewpoint about the > > behavior of these thugs; and usually the ad > hominem is led with, not > > used as the concluding exclamation point on a set > of well-reasoned > > attacks on someone's behavior. > > > > Besides, I'm a provincial ignoramus on any number > of fronts myself. > > > > > > Bill > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
