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To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de>
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Subject: Re: Understanding the Principles of Argumentation #3 
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phillips@arcor.de said:
> This is the third in my "Understanding the Principles of
> Argumentation" series.  Rusty has obligingly provided us with a fine
> example of an "ad hominem attack": 

It is my understanding that the ad hominem fallacy takes the form "you are a
patronising little shit, therefore what you say cannot be true". 

Rusty's comment seemed to be only that you were a patronising little shit,
and not that this proved you to be incorrect -- hence it doesn't appear to 
be a particularly fine example of 'ad hominem' at all.

--
dwmw2


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