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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Moreover, I sometimes wonder if I only want that info so I can know more about my opponent's weaknesses when I disagree. For instance, on today's thread, if I knew where some people were from when they bash the US government/political system, I may very well counter-bash with specific examples of their own government's failings. That would not prove my side, now would it, and it would be - as you have been kind enough to point out before - ad hominem.
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Hm? I thought that had something to do with discriminating against grits...oh, sorry; that's "ad hominy". [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]
-Saz
P.S. On a more serious note: I personally don't understand why someone wouldn't want to put where they're from. Even a state or province, or country, would at least give some background info. You'd have to be downright paranoid to think that someone could dweomer your precise location just on the basis of your giving a vague regional reference...or that someone would even care to do so.
"S"
[ 12-05-2002, 01:45 PM: Message edited by: Sazerac ]