tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26277603.post-64932563129698683842007-06-15T10:15:00.000-05:002007-06-15T10:15:00.000-05:00James, you don't seem to understand what the phrase "ad hominem" means. If diora had written, "James is an idiot and no one sould listen to his argument," that would be ad hominem. She did no such thing. Instead, she argued that someone who has in the past made bad choices is not in a very strong position to pass judgment on others who have consistently made good choices. That's not an ad hominem attack, that's reason.<BR/><BR/>Your argument could be reduced to the following syllogism:<BR/><BR/>I, James, have had problems using credit well. All (or most?) people are like me. Therefore, all (or most?) people have problems using credit well. It's obviously false when we break it down that way.knoreply@blogger.com