(August 11, 2009 at 3:24 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Arcanus also falsely accused you of using the "ad-hominem" fallacy, however this fallacy only ever applies when you are insulting the person and using this as a disproof of their point, not generally as you did.
In other words, saying "you idiot" (like you did) is an insult, whereas saying "You are an idiot therefore TAG is wrong" (or something to that effect) is a fallacy.
OK ... I think we need to derive our own fallacy database that explains the various debate fallacies in simple terms.
Kyu
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