Re: Name Calling vs. Ad Hominem

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 22:44:13 MDT

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    John K Clark wrote:
    > "Hal Finney" <hal@finney.org>
    >
    >>When we go back and see that John was wrong (so far) on such a
    >>high-stakes issue, [WMD] it makes him look extremely unreasonable
    >>to have called Samantha an idiot.
    >
    > Actually when I called Samantha that a year ago it had nothing to do with
    > Weapons Of Mass Destruction or even Iraq, it had to do with Afghanistan and
    > Osama bin Laden. However I will concede that if WMD are not found in Iraq
    > mighty damn soon then it's me that will look like an idiot; I swallowed the
    > line that there was virtually no doubt they existed hook line and sinker. As
    > each day passes and nothing is found it looks more and more like I was dead
    > wrong.
    >
    > John K Clark jonkc@att.net

    Ja me too. It might be years before those weapons
    are found, if ever, and when they are, they might
    be found in New York City.

    Oh well, Im ok with being an idiot in this case.

    {8-] spike



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