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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (5261)	3/4/2008 1:06:19 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 42652

Only ad-hominem abusive implies a personal attack. Ad-hominem circumstantial is just an argument that someone is wrong because of who they are or the circumstances they find themselves in, without including a personal attack. And even if the definition of the formally defined logical fallacy did not include the circumstantial type ad-hominem (and it does) the logic of arguing that someone is is shown to be wrong because of their occupation, circumstances, ideology, etc. would be just as weak.