Re: Ad Hominem fallacy again

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Mar 31 2003 - 20:38:49 MST

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    --- Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> wrote:
    >
    > That's it. That's ad hominem. Does anybody really want to argue
    > that these
    > are valid techniques for Extropians trying to determine the truth?

    No, however, I will state that making accurate descriptions of the
    opinions of some people *requires* that you use language that would be
    considered insulting if applied to more reasonable, rational people.
    Calling a spade a spade cannot be considered ad hominem.

    =====
    Mike Lorrey
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