On 8/10/2013 12:02 PM, Warp wrote:
> "He doesn't accept the theory of evolution, therefore he's an idiot"
> is *not* an ad hominem.
>
> "He is in jail for tax fraud, and thus you shouldn't be listening to
> what he has to say about the theory of evolution" *is* an ad hominem.
> (He might be wrong about evolution, but he being in jail for tax fraud
> is completely irrelevant to the issue.)
>
Hmm... Does that mean, "He is an engineer, so listening to him about 
evolution is pointless.", ad hominem then? Because, from my experience, 
sometimes these things are more like maxims. lol

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