Re: [asa] Carbon Offsets for the Elite (or, How the Wealthy Adapt to Warming)

An argument is ad hominem if it attacks the person presenting the argument rather than the argument itself. You don't have to call a person names to do that & in fact everything you say can be true, but it's still a dodge. The facts about Al Gore's swimming pool have nothing to do with the questions of whether or not the earth is warming, whether or not if it is it's anthropogenic, & what should be done about it.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: David Opderbeck
  To: PvM
  Cc: asa
  Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 8:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [asa] Carbon Offsets for the Elite (or, How the Wealthy Adapt to Warming)

  Where's the ad hominem? Nobody's calling him names. The facts are the facts.

  On 3/3/07, PvM <pvm.pandas@gmail.com> wrote:
    I find it somewhat disturbing that when Al Gore receives an award for
    his groundbreaking work, suddenly these ad hominem attacks appear out
    of nowhere to try to undermine Al Gore's work. Swift-boating all over
    again and since there is not much argument against the science of
    global warming, the obvious course of action seems to be to attack the
    messenger.

    Thus right wing news papers and other outlets are quick to accuse Gore
    of being a hypocrite.

    I guess when faced with the inconvenient truth, some are quick to
    attack, at all cost.

    May God have Mercy on them, for they do not know better

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Received on Sat Mar 3 20:28:51 2007