Phango

[James Dennett]

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> Janice Caron wrote:
> 
>> On 11/17/07, Kris <foo at bar.com> wrote:
>>> There's a fair chance the poster below is actually Janice,
>> Who? What?
>>
>> Don't insult me.
>>
>> My opinions - sure - you can insult those. Not a problem there. But
>> don't insult /me/. Ad hominem is just downright offensive.
> 
> FWIW, you can't call a distinction on you as a person and your opinions when
> it comes to insulting. So if you think you may have insulted my opinions
> (about Tango or any other subject), then you probably insulted /me/
> instead.

There's an interesting issue here.  There are two ways of viewing
discussions.  In one, people *do* distinguish between personal attacks
and attacks on viewpoints; in the other, they do not.  When those of
either school encounter those of the other school, things tend to go
badly.  It's often a problem here on d.D.

-- James