Thursday, July 3, 2003, 4:56:40 PM, Tim Colson wrote: >> >>It seems a bit daft. >> >>AFAICS, this is based on some perverse, distorted version of the MVC >> >>paradigm. >> >>Anyway, that's what Tim Colson wants, and it's nutty enough >> >>that neither > >> An ad hominem attack is necessarily on another person's >> character, not on their ideas. > Agreed. And by saying that my request was "daft" and based on "some > perverse, distorted..." which I took to implies and insinuate that I > have those qualities of character in order to create such an idea. That > is offensive to me.
Well, if its an OT thread anyway... a little theological course (seems that FM people are experts in this field... :)). Ad hominem attack is when the other persons tells something that is *irrelevant* regarding the disputed question, to discredit you in general. For example, I say that Vel. people was unfair with WebMacro people, and then the a Vel. people bring up that: "Note that Daniel was in prison for 3 times because of raping... he is a such man." This discredits everything else what I said, because I'm such a bad man in general. In this case I have suffered an Ad hominem attack. Typical method in politics. If somebody thinks that your idea is a nonsense, and he tells you that "You are an IDIOOOOOT!", then it cleanly means that he strongly believes that your idea is an utter nonsense, *this way* you must be stupid, brain-damaged, etc. Now, this can be offending, and can be an attack, but it's in no way an *Ad hominem* attack. >> When I said that your idea seemed 'a bit daft' or >> 'nutty' and explained why I thought this, that was not an ad >> hominem attack. > This insults and offends me even more! Please, do not tell me what my > opinion is on the matter of being offended! I know quite well that and I > am offended. [snip] It's amazing how gentle souls people are... :) -- Best regards, Daniel Dekany --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
