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To: Publius6961

Turkey?

Ad hominem attacks only serve to discredit the attacker.

Oh, good... let's start eating our own. /sarcasm


123 posted on 10/10/2004 10:20:08 AM PDT by jmstein7 (A Judge not bound by the original meaning of the Constitution interprets nothing but his own mind.)
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To: jmstein7
Ad hominem attacks only serve to discredit the attacker.

I tend to agree:

Honesty is clearly the best policy; that is not in question. However, broadcasting one's honesty isn't always the best politics -- sometimes, in fact, it is incredibly stupid.

Blanket ad hominems excepted?

130 posted on 10/10/2004 10:26:55 AM PDT by Publius6961 (I, also, don't do diplomacy.)
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