On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 02:03:09PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 07:00:25PM +0100, Timwi
wrote:
Please
stop using strawman arguments, especially to attack people who
are trying to be helpful.
"Speak English or get lost" is not trying to be helpful.
It is also not even *remotely* what he said; hence my characterization
of your argument as a strawman.
But perhaps you just want an argument. :-) Down the hall, door 6.
Ditto.
strawman/ad hominem: I wonder if Timwi got up on the wrong side of the
bed today.
helpful statement: I really think discussion would be more productive if
you didn't assume the worst from everyone, Timwi. I think we
Wikipedians tend to call my proposed approach an assumption of good
faith -- or is that Wikimedians?
--
Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite |
http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
"The first rule of magic is simple. Don't waste your time waving your
hands and hopping when a rock or a club will do." - McCloctnick the Lucid