Gurdur

ad hominem against whom ?

You are protesting about my description of the USA ? The neo-cons ??

Wrong. ad hominem is an attack upon the person/organization making a statement.
Simply to describe a statement as nonsense and codswallop is merely a description of my feelings regarding the veracity of the argument/statement itself, not the person making it.

This accusation coming from a person who has denounced an entire race seems to me to be lacking in self-reflection and recognition of irony.

But if it makes you happy I'll take back the "honky".

After all, what do I care ? I'm a KiSwahili-speaking, blue-eyed, blonde-haired bloke, so feel free to call me a honky.

And again you're wrong. I was attacking the argument and derailment, not the person making the argument.

Blixy Sticks

Gurdur,

Considering your argument above related to ad hominem, I contend that my response to you should be reinstituted whilst leaving out the [offense] part. I can think of much more euphemistic ways to say [offensive] that will fly under the ad hominem radar screen. What do you think? You can handle it, can't you?

By the way, the thread was derailed a while back before I jumped in on this sub-thread. If no one responded to red, then the thread would not have been derailed, at least not for that reason. Per my recollection, Dr. Rick responded to red's comments and I was responding to Dr. Rick's comments, in kind.

Gurdur

I only weigh 60 kg (132 pounds, 9� stone)....

Oh, and BTW, it's spelt "condescending", not "condascending".

Dr Rick

Keep it cool and civil, everyone.

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Calling an argument "bilgewater" is not an ad hominem, but calling a poster names is.


Rick