Re: Scientist's etymology vs. scientific etymology

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
To: "tgpedersen" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Scientist's etymology vs. scientific etymology


> At 6:28:09 AM on Sunday, June 8, 2008, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> > <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >> I think that his idée fixe has taken him at least to the
> >> edge of crackpot territory.
>
> > And that is an ad hominem too.
>
> <shrug> Obviously you don't know what the term means.
>
> Brian

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Patrick:

No, Brian, it is obvious that you do not.

Perhaps because you do not know what ad hominem's are, you use them so
frequently. You include an insult with almost everything you write.

How sad not to even be aware of how offensive you are!


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