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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Srexley who wrote (690073)	7/5/2005 11:08:16 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

You nailed it!!!

To: Srexley who wrote (690073)	7/5/2005 11:38:12 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"Like I said YOU are a fool. Most likely racist, and DEFINATELY dishonest. A creepy individual to be sure." Like I said, all you've got are ad hominem attacks. The Repugnicans (and you) don't want Gonzales as a Supreme because he might prove to be true to his roots, given the power. Argue against THAT, not me. Translated from Latin to English, "Ad Hominem" means "against the man" or "against the person." An Ad Hominem is a general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument. Typically, this fallacy involves two steps. First, an attack against the character of person making the claim, her circumstances, or her actions is made (or the character, circumstances, or actions of the person reporting the claim). Second, this attack is taken to be evidence against the claim or argument the person in question is making (or presenting). This type of "argument" has the following form: 1. Person A makes claim X. 2. Person B makes an attack on person A. 3. Therefore A's claim is false. The reason why an Ad Hominem (of any kind) is a fallacy is that the character, circumstances, or actions of a person do not (in most cases) have a bearing on the truth or falsity of the claim being made (or the quality of the argument being made).