Klarinet Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Ad hominem?
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 18:21:42 -0400

>Just to educate you, an ad hominem attack is an attack that avoids the
>subject of the argument, dealing instead with the personal
>characteristics or the tone of the person making the argument, in order
>to discredit the argument without having to rebut its points.
>
>That isn't what I do here.

That's one of several definitions of what ad hominem attack means. For the
record, I and many others think it is exactly what you do here.

BTW, Kevin probably has you 10 times over on the education Tony. You
really don't need to educate him. Don't you wish you knew as much about
his area of law as he knows about your area of music?

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett (the Silly Man who saw that as an ad hominem attack also!)

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

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