[Buddha-l] The arrow: its removal and examination

[Richard Hayes]

On Tuesday 26 June 2007 16:56, David Kotschessa wrote:

> It's sad really, to witness a grown academic, twice my
> age, result to ad hominem after only 3 posts.

Sorry, but I can't find any ad hominem arguments in my post. An ad hominem 
argument is one that avoids addressing an issue by launching an attack on the 
character of the person making the argument or by accusing the person making 
the argument of having affiliation with a disreputable. I did not avoid 
addressing any of the issues in your post. I made no attacks on your 
character, and I did not allege that you belong to a disreputable group. In 
the future, before you start accusing others of fallacious argumentation, you 
might study up on what the formal and informal fallacies are. (Don't worry, I 
didn't know several of them myself when I was 31 years old, half my current 
age.) 

> Nevertheless, if you turn out to be right
> about me, please wish me the luck I will so
> desparately need.

If I am right about you, you will need more than luck. In any event, it goes 
without saying that you have my best wishes. I look forward to seeing you 
write something worth reading.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico