Re: Glenn's ad hominems FAQ (A-Z)
Ed Brayton (cynic@net-link.net)
Wed, 27 May 1998 12:17:35 -0400Stephen Jones wrote:
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> Group
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> Here are the latest additions to the Glenn's ad hominems FAQ:
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> BLAMING OTHERS FOR HIS FAILURES
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> Blaming others for his failure to explain what he means:
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> Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 21:11:51 -0500
> To: "Stephen Jones" <sejones@ibm.net>,
> "evolution@calvin.edu" <evolution@calvin.edu>
> From: "Glenn R. Morton" <grmorton@waymark.net>
> Subject: Re: Glenn's ad hominems FAQ (was half-evolved feather pt 2)
>
> [...]
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> GM>It is a sense of frustration, sincere frustration that you apparently have
> >not studied the nature of biological classification at all.
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> This is another ad hominem. You are accusing me of having "not studied the
> nature of biological classification at all" (which is untrue) because you cannot
> explain what you mean about why "dinosaurs" which "had feathers" would
> "not be called birds".
Somebody out there let me know if you ever discover an actual ad hominem
attack in this FAQ. So far, Stephen isn't even close.
Ed