From: John K Clark (jonkc@att.net)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2003 - 10:50:42 MST
"Harvey Newstrom" <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
>Ad hominem never addresses the topic and never is valid or
> useful or laudable.
Never? Nazis were scum. KKK members were scum. Stalin was scum.
Are you saying they were not scum?
> Ad hominem is deliberate fraud and deception.
I demonstrate to the best of my ability that topic A is untrue, I sincerely
believe that it is idiotic to believe topic A, Mr. X nevertheless believes
in topic A, I call Mr. X an idiot. I have addressed the topic and I don't
see where the fraud and deception is, after all, believing in idiotic things
is what idiots do.
John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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