Talk:Personal attack
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How is this different from an argument ad hominem?
I think this page could potentially be very good - I can see where the original author was going with it. Needs work, obviously. Some research, links to libel, slander and defamation would also be good. - MMGB
- Ok - I will stay tuned. :-)
I too think that a greater distinction should be made between personal attack and ad hominem. I think personal attack that isn't advanced in lieu of addressing the subject at issue, and isn't used as a rationale to dismiss the persons argument, is acceptable. Sometimes it is even called for. Anyway I just stumbled upon this interesting site. So I will leave it at this until I learn some more about what is happening here. --Del
The "speeding ticket" example I see up is more of a "tu quoque" example than just an "ad hominem" example, I think. Better "ad hominem" examples might be:
Maria is guilty of one crime, therefore she is also guilty of a second, similar crime, for which she is on trial. Marika is a prostitute, therefore she has no right to tell me how to raise my children. Mariko, you lush, how dare you suggest I shortchanged you?!
Feel free to modify them. -- User:Juuitchan