From: <Hell.Surfers@cwctv.net>
To: phillips@arcor.de, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, zippel@linux-m68k.org,
lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk, viro@math.psu.edu,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE:Understanding the Principles of Argumentation #3
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 20:11:52 +0100 [thread overview]
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Rusty doesn't like people quoting him in signatures, but that ones a definate possibility...
Cheers, Dean McEwan. Currently hacking KGI, which I don't understand, oh and ask me about OpenModemTalk...
On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:36:42 +0200 Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de> wrote:
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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@arcor.de>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>, Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>, Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Understanding the Principles of Argumentation #3
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:36:42 +0200
Message-ID: <E17qyrb-0000Jv-00@starship>
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":
On Monday 16 September 2002 04:17, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > Don't forget that the Unix way has traditionally been to use the
> > simplest interface that will do the job; if you propose a fat
> > interface you need to prove that the thin one cannot do the job.
>
> Gee, really? You're so clever!
>
> You patronising little shit,
An ad hominem attack is a logical fallacy where the arguer attacks the
person, rather than the issue:
http://home.mcn.net/~montanabw/fallacies.html
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Daniel
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