B3TA fixes the worldMoon Monkey says: Turn into Jeremy Clarkson for a moment, and tell us about the things that are so obviously wrong with the world, and how they should be fixed. Extra points for ludicrous over-simplification, blatant mis-representation, and humourous knob-gags.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 22 Sep 2011, 12:53)
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It's not ad hominem if it's relevant to the issueIf I'd claimed you were too short to talk about maths, that would be ad hominem. Stating that the issue involved is one you come to realise and understand more easily if you've studied maths to a fairly high level, then pointing out that you have not, is an entirely relevant point (in the same way that I could not advise you on how to change the flow of a computer program).
I'm not claiming that you don't have a right to talk about mathematics in general (that WOULD be ad hominem) but that this is a very specific point therein.
Although it strikes me that this entire argument is somewhat pointless...
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MatJ LOOK, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 16:16,
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