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Subject: Phrases that should be banned on Usenet (Was: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages)
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 19:44:12 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <20240408122937.339@kylheku.com>,
Kaz Kylheku  <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> wrote:
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>You wrote, "people like you ... would never use a male pronoun if
>talking about nurses", written by you, is already ad hominem;
>it's a direct accusation of hypocrisy, rather than focusing on the
>argument content.
>
>If you can't handle the ad-hominem ball returned to your court,
>don't serve it!

We'd all be better off if nobody ever used the phrase 'ad hominem' ever
again on Usenet.

This also goes for the rest of those fancy Latin phrases that people use to
argue about arguing.

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