> From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(_at_)anvilwalrusden(_dot_)com>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 02:37:13PM -0500, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
>> Could we have an RFC to explain what is and what is not a valid
>> ad-hominem argument?
> There are no valid _ad hominem_ arguments.
I suspect that he meant was 'can we have a method for properly classifying
things into "ad hominem attacks" and "not ad hominem attacks"'.
> From: Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
> It is of course perfectly valid from a logical point of view to ask
> what the experience of someone is before they make organizational
> proposals but it is still bloody rude.
You mean, it's rude to ask what someone's experience is?
If so, that's odd: I myself found it 'bloody rude' (well, actually, I'd use a
slightly different term, but hey...) for someone to make suggestions on how
to improve our meeting process when they have really no experience of it.
Noel