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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker: Market Savant & Radio Host
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To: wooden ships who wrote (3885)3/11/1998 3:48:00 PM
From: Rillinois  Read Replies (1) of 42834
 
Truman, I thought your explanation of ad hominem attacks was excellent. In your post (#3885) you said:

""ad hominem" is Latin for "to the man." It refers to arguments which stray from a strategy of issue and point oriented debate to a strategy of personal attack on one or more of the discussants. Some say that ad hominem arguments are a sign of argumentative weakness."

Because your explanation was so great, I would respect your opinion on whether or not you feel Justa Werkenstiffs' latest response (#4004) to me is considered an ad hominem attack. If so, do I have the obligation to answer his ad hominem attack? In other words, if the objective of the ad hominem attack is to get the other person to talk about something else and stray from the original allegation, am I falling for the trap if I spend most of my time responding to Justa's remarks?

BTW, is this a sign of argumentative weakness on Justa's part? I believe I make a sincere effort to answer all the questions posed to me, including Justa's questions. However, Justa seems to keep coming up with more smearing tactics, instead of acknowledging and/or refuting my allegations DIRECTLY with facts.

Thank you in advance for you input. I'll wait for your response before I make a decision on whether or not to respond to Justa's latest post to me.

Best Regards.

Rillinois
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