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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (5260)	3/4/2008 12:57:33 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Not really. That statement in isolation, without its context would just be an insult. In context its an ad-hominem becuase their is the implied "your statements are wrong or worthless because you are 'a lackey to the Pope'", but the statement would be ad-hominem even without that part. If the whole conversation was 1. Bill: "I believe that abortion is morally wrong." Dave: "Of course you would say that, you're a priest." Bill: "What about the arguments I gave to support my position?" Dave: "Those don't count. Like I said, you're a priest, so you have to say that abortion is wrong, so I can't believe what you say." it would not be ad-hominem abusive, but it still would be ad-hominem circumstantial.