By definition, "ad hominem" implies I am ignoring the substance of your argument and simply attacking you. As I reminded you previously, the wonderful thing about a FR thread is that the comments of both sides are preserved without editing for anyone to review. And a quick review of this thread reveals that I have addressed every part of your argument in a direct and supported manner. In the course of this thread you have made a series of false claims (starting with post #102). You've tried to avoid addressing me and instead appealed to your "peanut gallery". You've provided links to posts of mine from over 6 years ago in an attempt to...actually I never have figured out what your point was there. You've made claims I was introducing unrelated information when in actuality I was directly responding to questions you had asked. And after a series of attempted insults, you are now complaining that I have made an ad hominem attack by calling you ignorant (and you added stupid).
After all that, calling you both ignorant and stupid is not an ad hominem attack. It is a factual matter of record. If anyone doubts it, they can review this whole inane thread. Since you yourself provided the link proving you've been at this TWA 800 stuff since at least 2001, for you to claim I was making things up when I stated the initial event happened at 20:31:12 is proof that you are incapable of absorbing the most basic details of the very thing you've been arguing about for at least six years. Here's a little test for you...try typing 31:12 and TWA 800 into Google. As you skim through the several pages of matches that come up, you will note that everyone from the NTSB to "Chemtrailcentral" is aware that the initial event of the TWA 800 incident occurred at 2031:12. Yet somehow, after at least six years of "research", when I state I believe that is when the event started, your response is to accuse me of making things up.
Ignorant...or stupid? I think I agree with you. Ignorant and stupid. Which is a great summary for almost everyone who falls for this phoney baloney conspiracy crap. You've demonstrated in spades on this thread the intellect of a typical conspiracy nut. The record exists as long as this site does, and for your future reference, I am adding it to my links on my homepage.
And finally, in my long and time honored tradition of responding to your questions and requests (as demonstrated conclusively in this thread), I will honor your request for me to "go away". My work here is done.
I am probably paid more in a day than you make in a week to use those "analytical reasoning" skills. But I'm the one who is ignorant/stupid.
BTW, ad hominem is Latin for to the man. It is a typical type of fallacious argument. When you call someone stupid/ignorant you are employing this type of argument.
Bye.
ML/NJ