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To: Pink Minion who wrote (16331)	1/19/1998 3:39:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

Here's what Bookshelf basics says for ad hominem: ad hominem (h•m'e-nŠm', -nem) adjective Appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or reason: Debaters should avoid ad hominem arguments that question their opponents' motives. The American Heritager Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright c 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution restricted in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved. (oops So, maybe I'm in violation of Bill's new copyright law here, them's the breaks.) Like, you know, when anybody who questions the correctness and inevitability of the triumph of Microsoft is a Microsoft hater, a leftist, a liberal, a commie, a cry-baby wannabe, is blowing hot air, all wind and no sail, or just plain makes no sense. I used to have a bigger collection of these, but I forget. Now, of course, I use Libertarian/Objectivist a lot these days, but I try to restrict that to arguments that to my knowledge are associated with those particular philosophies. Everybody's got a right to their viewpoint, but I'd appreciate it if somebody would explain what standing these particular philosphical views have legally. Who knows? Cheers, Dan.