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To: Petronski
Now you're just trolling.

Hey, it was you that threw the word into the discussion. And you didn't address the other part. Liar.(another ad hominem, even if true)

1,156 posted on 02/14/2006 10:11:31 PM PST by AndrewC (Darwinian logic -- It is just-so if it is just-so)
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To: AndrewC
Ad hominem is an attack on the person having nothing to do with the argument. The charge of "liar" is directly relevant because it directly addresses the credibility of the speaker. It's called "impeaching credibility" and it is NOT ad hominem.

If I say Havoc is FAT, it is ad hominem because it is irrelevant, but if I say he is a liar (and if that statement is true), it most definitely is not.

1,165 posted on 02/14/2006 10:18:56 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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