Jamie Honan wrote:
Anyone interested in ....... or meeting
Bryan Cantrill (the man who famously asked Linux kernel hacker Dave Miller,
"Have you ever kissed a girl?") should scoot on down to the Sun offices in
North Sydney tonight.
I have a problem with the original 'kissed a girl' posting.
Superficially it looks amusing. In fact it is an ad hominem
attack on Dave Miller.
I checked from wikipedia what's meant by 'ad hominem' and I found
this definition.
*ad hominem* appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect
Rather than reply to Dave's detailed points, he attempts to ridicule
him.
Courtesy and politeness are very important in arguments. To achieve
understanding is better than to winning, especially by underhand means.
This is the reason why everyone needs to remind ourselves and all 'list
posters' of the
rules of behaviour in cyberspace (or real-life-space) that's called the
'netequette'
( http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/ ).
'Logical argument' in wikipedia.
Jamie
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