SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure
SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure
Posted Jun 24, 2010 16:27 UTC (Thu) by fuhchee (guest, #40059)In reply to: SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure by jzb
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Isn't it ad hominem to discount someone's technical ideas merely because of homicide?
Posted Jun 24, 2010 19:22 UTC (Thu)
by jldugger (guest, #57576)
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SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure
Ad hominem isn't always a fallacy. If the argument is that the LKML doesn't play well with others, and you use Reiser as an example, demonstrating that Reiser also doesn't play well with others makes it harder to assign blame.