Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)
Date: 13 Jun 2006 11:32:07 -0700
Message-ID: <1150223527.757685.59310_at_f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
Marshall wrote:
> "ad hominem": You use that word a lot; I do not think it
> means what you think it means.
> Generalizing from qualities about a person to qualities
> about a statement of theirs is.
That is possibly non sequitur but not ad hominem.
> I am not sure why you keep bringing up your background; I
> have already stipulated that your CV is excellent. Mine is
> comparable. I could also note that, knowing what I do
> about bell curves, that I am probably taller than you, and
> can probably leg press more. Neither that, nor your
> experience level, is relevant to the discussion of how to
> manage data, and to suggest otherwise *is* an ad-hominem
> logical fallacy.
That is appeal to authority (ad verecundiam) not ad hominem.
- Keith --