Sorry. They still work on the original posts (for now). Or you can paste these link addresses into you address bar. . That should work. . You'll figure it out.
Qutch, I bowed out of this thread many pages ago because I don't think arguing here is really conducive with the 'networking and making friends' purpose of this forum. However it's like a train wreck I can't stop watching.
I just wanted to point out that you may have better luck getting your links looked at (and minimizing technical difficulties) if you embed them. To embed a video, either click the film icon above the quick reply text box, or type
[ video ] your URL here
[ /video ] (without the spaces inside the brackets).
I can't remember if I saw this in one of your posts or elsewhere, but here is Lou Dobbs (not exactly the poster-child of the "liberal media") from five years ago accusing the US government, the FAA and NORAD of flat out lying in their after action reports on flight 93. Hopefully this is somewhat relevant to the original topic (from 16 pages ago), the first 5 minutes relate to the FAA/NORAD response to United flight 93.
[video=youtube;ITUmx7jRja4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITUmx7jRja4[/video]
ATN_Pilot said:
Now, carry on with the arguing with college kids.
Todd, I've followed a lot of your threads over the years. You seem like a very nice guy and I respect you, so the following is not meant as a personal attack. I would however like to point out that in the above quote you're using the
Ad Hominem logical fallacy, which is not very nice. Here's some more information:
wikipedia said:
Abusive
ad hominem (also called personal abuse or personal attacks) usually involves insulting or belittling one's opponent in order to attack his claim or invalidate his argument, but can also involve pointing out factual but apparent character flaws or actions that are irrelevant to the opponent's argument. This tactic is logically fallacious because insults and negative facts about the opponent's personal character have nothing to do with the logical merits of the opponent's arguments or assertions.
Examples:
- "You can't believe John when he says the proposed policy would help the economy. He doesn't even have a job."
- "Candidate Jane's proposal about zoning is ridiculous. She was caught cheating on her taxes in 2003."
- "John's argument on LeBron James' failures in the NBA finals aren't worth reading, everyone knows he is a "LeBron" hater."
An abusive ad hominem can apply to a judgment of cultural works or academic efforts based on the behavior or unconventional political beliefs of an artist, author, or musician, or the taste of an infamous person who loved a certain work.
Examples:
I think that the subject at hand is controversial enough as it is, with bad and inaccurate information from both sides we have to weed through, that it should be easy enough to attack the credibility of the information alone without resorting to the fallacy of saying "this entire argument is invalid because it is being made by young people who are arrogant and don't know anything about the world." (I think that same argument was made once or twice back in the sixties, although being a damn no good college kid that was admittedly before my time.

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