i18n@... wrote:

>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
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> >
> >
> > If you, and all the other hearing educationalists, think that increasing
> > literacy is more important than being able to communicate, then you are
> > all ignorant sadists.
>
> Wow! I was thinking of collecting gems from Peter for a collection of
> "rhetoric in action" for a loosely planned web site sometime. Now I am
> pretty sure I will bump up the priority a bit :)
>
> Just a few messages ago there was an insinuation bordering on ad hominem
> attacks with regard to me. Now he has completely crossed the line into
> ad hominem attacks.
>
> Are rhetorical devices in various languages the purview of qalam?
> Probably not, but if so I would be interested to see labels attached to
> some of them. Privately if not on list :)
>
> >
> > The key line is "switch from ASL to Cued Speech."
> >
> > _That_ is child abuse.
>
> And that is Rhetoric Abuse. I expect better from someone of Peter's
> educational background.
>
> Peter - why the change to such a nasty tone from you over the last few
> weeks or months since SuzMcCarth joined the list?

I'll leave you to make your own ad feminam attacks.

> Best,

Yeah, right.
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