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In Praise of Personal Attacks

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In Praise of Personal Attacks
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RE: In Praise of Personal Attacks
July 1, 2013 at 2:51 pm (This post was last modified: July 1, 2013 at 3:09 pm by Koolay.)
(July 1, 2013 at 2:47 pm)Kayenneh Wrote:
(July 1, 2013 at 2:24 pm)Koolay Wrote: For example, if a nutritionist proposed the best possible diet for humans, yet was obese. Or a financial advisor telling me how to spend your money but was homeless. Needless to say there would be scepticism as to the legitimacy of that person's claim to be proficient in these fields, since their personal life reflects the opposite.

So your oncologist would need to have had cancer for you to believe in her findings and knowledge?

Well actually, if they have never had cancer that would be a good testament to their knowledge on preventing cancer.
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In Praise of Personal Attacks

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In Praise of Personal Attacks - by Koolay - July 1, 2013 at 2:24 pm
RE: In Praise of Personal Attacks - by Silver - July 1, 2013 at 2:27 pm
RE: In Praise of Personal Attacks - by Koolay - July 1, 2013 at 2:31 pm
RE: In Praise of Personal Attacks - by Savannahw - July 1, 2013 at 2:35 pm
RE: In Praise of Personal Attacks - by Kayenneh - July 1, 2013 at 2:47 pm
RE: In Praise of Personal Attacks - by Koolay - July 1, 2013 at 2:51 pm
RE: In Praise of Personal Attacks - by Faith No More - July 1, 2013 at 2:47 pm
RE: In Praise of Personal Attacks - by Kayenneh - July 1, 2013 at 2:58 pm

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