X-Message-Number: 30424 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 20:07:28 -0700 Subject: Ad-hominem argument from a pseudonym? (was Re: [CN] Tim Freem... References: <> From: (Tim Freeman) From: "Finance Department" <> >...It also puts him in the curious position >of possibly having an ulterior motive for encouraging people to only read >CryoNet, which will limit their exposure to reading material in support of >reforming Alcor. It puts me in the tedious position of having to read in now four places if I want to get everything that I might be interested in pertaining to cryonics, and I can't do spam sorting on three of those places. It also puts me in the novel position of having to figure out how to respond to an ad-hominem but otherwise content-free post from a pseudonym. Apparently my motives are bad because I am the wrong person, so my arguments are bad. I'm being told this by someone who evidently posts under a pseudonym because his true name has acquired a negative reputation. He is therefore bad, so by his own rules, I must be ... good? But wait, he is bad so his rules are bad, so I must be bad? My mind seizes up. Nevermind. "Finance Department" is just another Rick Potvin tentacle, and he routinely drinks freshly squeezed kitten blood for breakfast, so there's no way anything he says can have any value. -- Tim Freeman http://www.fungible.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=30424