Homer, hyperbole & ad hominem

[jbor]

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>From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
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> It is not my purpose to change how you perceive the case
> jbor, but I will try to spell out my meaning more clearly if
> you will explain what it is in my post that you perceive as
> an ad hominem?

1) The unsolicited attack on me where you presume to speak on behalf of
others: tone, tenor and substance.

2) The accusation that my analogy was intended as an ad hominem.

3) The conclusion that my analogy was "more offensive" than millison's
tirade, which, by the way, was not simply hyperbole, but consisted of an ad
hominem attack, blatant misrepresentations and inaccuracy, and a rather
outlandish and simple-minded conflation of trans-global corporatisation with
neo-Nazism.

> OK, but if you don't mind, I would like you to explain one
> more thing before I reply.
>
> What do mean when you state, "I have no idea what they
> might be capable of"?

I mean that I do not know what they might be capable of.

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It was a simple question. You made the assertion that my analogy "doesn't
work". I have asked you to explain why this is the case, in your opinion.