Is there a moderator in the house? Izzy is a bona fide author. We know that she'd run a tight ship. She'd pare the list down to 2 or 3 in no time at all. How 'bout it Iz?. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: May 27, 2005 11:48 Subject: [Bulk] [TruthTalk] Ad hominem arguments
> Izzy wrote: > >> Calling DM “nuts” is an ad hom attack, > >> and entirely uncalled for. > > Lance wrote: > > IFF he is not nuts. > > It is an ad hominem argument even if it were true. The truthfulness of the > statement does not matter. What matters is whether he is "speaking to the > man" or addressing the point under discussion. > > We have been having problems with having the moderator enforce the no ad > hominem arguments rule that we have on TruthTalk. The enforcement of this > rule is meant to minimize the problems that caused people like Debbie to > leave. I have been trying to write Gary privately about this, but have not > been getting much response. I'm going to wait until the end of the day to > see if he decides to communicate directly with me about this, but if he does > not, I see no option but to have a changing of the guards regarding the > moderating of this list. More on this tomorrow. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
