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Please don't try speaking for "everone" here. I, and others appreciated his response. If you look at what pettifogger said, you'd see that he was not "attacking the 'motive' of the arguers (ad hominem)" He was stating his perception of where their analysis of the situation might be were coming from. I agreed with him because I knew it was a large part of my own reaction to the situation.

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Sorry, I responded too quickly. I meant to say, of course:

Please don't try speaking for "everyone"

And I meant to explain more clearly that pettifogger wasn't attacking anyone -- on either side. I don't see why you thought he was.