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To: cosmicforce who wrote (100386)	4/6/2005 12:31:36 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Authority is an accepted form of evidence. Subject matter experts are routinely used in news stories, court cases and many forms of communication. Appealing to authority as a rhetorical tool is only considered a logical fallacy if the requisite facts and logic are absent. Even then, the argument is not invalid, it's just incomplete. What I do in any particular conversation does not negate the validity of authority as a form of evidence. The particular post to which you refer was part of a continuing discussion, where facts and logical arguments were made. As such, it was neither fallacy nor ad hominem. I will admit though that it was dismissive, out of frustration that I was not able to articulate my point of view well enough to convince her.