RE:Understanding the Principles of Argumentation #3

RE:Understanding the Principles of Argumentation #3

[Hell.Surfers]

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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

-- 
Daniel
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