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Posted by dorayme on 12/27/06 21:18
In article <4vfkkfF1brvgjU1@mid.individual.net>,
Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@comcast.net> wrote:
> Travis Newbury wrote:
> > galt_57@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> Is this stuff justified? I usually find it annoying and keep it
> >> disabled.
> >
> > If you don' t like it, then turn it off. Pretty simple eh? The sites
> > that use it won't miss you
> >
> I guess all those stories about the lengths to which people go to
> attract users to their sites are apocryphal, if they really don't care
> when users decide to avoid them.
This is an example of a common mistake in argument. Aristotle had
a name for it, it is listed at the end of such as "Argumentum ad
Hominem" and others. It is called "Argumentum ad Exaggeratem" and
indicates the caricaturing of a position. In other words, Travis
had some stats behind his idea, you abstract from them.
I have been defending Travis from well before Xmas, fat lot he
appreciates it of course, but I explained my reasons (to keep him
as sport for myself, not to have him destroyed too early). AD's
motives are less evil, mere Xmas cheer!
--
dorayme
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