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Originally Posted by Sean
I would agree that it was equally insulting....and I even freely admit that it was meant to be. But there's still a difference between insulting the arguments he's presented and insulting his personality.
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eh. i think it's splitting hairs. we all weigh our words and put something of ourselves into our posts. insulting the words is, in a way, insulting the person. telling someone they're out of their depth is still a bit of an ad hominem attack.
whatever, i'm only weighing on this because i think dubman was neither out of his depth nor the first to go for the jugular in that thread.
we're still going around and around so i won't belabor the point. but essentially from where you stand your position was "logical" and "clear" and no one was playing by what you felt were the rules of the discussion. even here you fixated on dubman's opinion that pro-lifers are retarded rather than conceding your debatable point that they're actually motivated by concern for the fetus. i wouldn't disagree with you 100%, but i will disagree strongly if your assertion is that no other motivation exists in that community.
you're still looking at those who disagreed with you in that thread from the standpoint of being "correct." it skews your ability to try to clarify your point in this thread or make any valuable inroads in the resolution of the debate.