Now you might think that I'm about to give you all a stern lecture on being nice to each other. Well if you did think that, you were wrong. (You also wouldn't know me very well).
While I feel that personal attacks are not appropriate or beneficial in most circumstances, I also accept that often it just can't be helped, and that people sometimes just need to argue in this manner. I would also not want to be responsible for an excess of force that could be safely vented in this manner building up and resulting in, (for example), one Philosophy Club member going postal at a weekly meeting and literally killing off philosophy in Newcastle.
To this end the Ad Hominem area has been set aside so that people can partake in this activity, without causing a distraction from the other discussions that are ongoing in different threads on this blog. Obviously what people posting in here can get away with will be considerably more than in other areas of the blog. Please note that abuse, past a certain point, will still not be tolerated in other discussions.
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Now Michael, what makes you thing that I was referring to you specifically? I admit that some people might think you guilty of a bit of Ad hominem at time, but in your case I think it is usually just cheek, and mostly harmless. I certainly have never taken anything you said as being deliberatley malicious.
Nor do I take such responses particularly seriously. This is part of the rationale for my actions. Think about it.
Fish. FISH!
I have never been so insulted in my life! You are a bounder and a cad. GOOD DAY SIR!
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