From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 15 22:12: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.webmaster.com (mail.webmaster.com [209.133.28.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29B7914F70 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:12:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from davids@webmaster.com) Received: from whenever ([209.133.29.2]) by shell.webmaster.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-12345L500S10000V35) with SMTP id com; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:12:00 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" To: "Brett Glass" Cc: Subject: RE: Video Stupidity Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:12:00 -0800 Message-ID: <000001bf478c$76f8e5c0$021d85d1@youwant.to> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991215230642.03d6cc40@localhost> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > At 05:43 PM 12/15/1999 , David Schwartz wrote: > > > > But then, you have displayed in previous messages your lack > of knowledge > > > of economics. > > > > Ah, your famous ad hominem. > > It's not "ad hominem" to remind folks to consider the source. Especially > when that source has been shown to lack credibility. > > --Brett Glass C'mon Brett, you know better than this. You can't respond to a reasoned argument by impugning the credibility of the source. The source of a reasoned argument is irrelevant. It is certainly ad hominem to respond to a reasoned argument with a personal insult. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message