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[lojban] Re: railgun
--- Theodore Reed <treed@surreality.us> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 12:38 -0700, John E
> Clifford wrote:
> > So, I shouldn't answer your questions?
>
> No, on the contrary you should.
>
> > > > > I'm not touching any supposed ad
> hominem,
> > > but,
> > > > > but exactly what is this
> > > > > red herring?
>
> Maybe I didn't make myself clear. Let me try to
> clarify this some:
>
> Statement: I'm going to ignore any supposed ad
> hominem.
> Question: What red herring do you refer to?
>
> To which you reply:
>
> > > > In the ad hominem, the issue of the
> amount of
> > > > Lojban I have written is raised,
> presumably
> > > to be
> > > > dealt with, but it is not germane.
>
> Completely ignoring my question, and responding
> to something which I
> said I would ignore.
>
> Well done.
Sorry if I was unclear. The location of the red
herring happened to be in the ad hominem. The
red herring is bringing up the irrelevant
question of how much Lojban I have written. If I
respond to the ad hominem, I needs must dicuss
this issue to the exclusion -- for the nonce --
of the actual issue, which was, I recall,
something about a good word for "gun." So, I did
exactly answer your question. You woouldf get
about a C- except that I have been convinced that
everything I say is hard to understand, so you
get off.