On Tue, 26 May 1998 18:29:54 -0400, Ed Brayton wrote:
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>>EB>Then you regard incorrectly. Do you not know what an ad hominem IS? Ad
>>>hominem means dismissing an argument based on irrelevant characteristics
>>>of the person making the argument - attacking the person instead of the
>>>argument. An example of an ad hominem would be, "Mediate Creation is
>>>nonsense because you are Australian and everyone knows Australians are
>>>stupid." Or, "Evolution is bunk because evolutionists beat their wives".
>SJ>They would indeed also be ad hominems.
See my message to Glenn. I am terminating all discussions re ad hominems right
now. Future messages about Glenn's ad hominems will be ignored.
Steve
"Evolution is the greatest engine of atheism ever invented."
--- Dr. William Provine, Professor of History and Biology, Cornell University.
http://fp.bio.utk.edu/darwin/1998/slides_view/Slide_7.html
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