Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:12:00 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Video Stupidity Message-ID: <000001bf478c$76f8e5c0$021d85d1@youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991215230642.03d6cc40@localhost>
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> 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
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