[Vision2020] name calling

[Joan Opyr]

On 15 Dec 2005, at 20:22, keely emerinemix wrote:

> Not that you care what I think, Crabtree, but "simpering douche bag," 
> "lower order reeking weasel" and your other "fun" comments are beyond 
> the pale.  I don't care who you are, how old you are, if you're 
> religious or not -- this doesn't edify anyone and it makes you look 
> like a real ass.
>
> Which, I'm pretty sure, isn't your intent.  If it is, though, you can 
> go to bed tonight knowing you succeeded.  Still, I hope that when you 
> wake up tomorrow, you do so with resolve to try to engage with other 
> people on a slightly higher level than you do now.  I know many of us 
> would be grateful.
>
> keely

Amen, Keely.  Amen.  You are absolutely right.

Before I am doused with lighter fluid and set ablaze for my seeming 
hypocrisy, I will freely admit that I am a noted fan of the clever ad 
hominem.  As a type of polemic, the ad hominem is often dismissed as 
either fallacious or invalid; it is neither.  It's simply not logical.  
It can, however, be amusing.  Unfortunately for Mr. Crabtree, his 
attempts along these lines are not funny; they are an offense to God, 
nature, and Tallulah Bankhead.  (Now there's someone who knew how to do 
ad hominem.)

My partner, Melynda, was recently the lucky recipient of the sobriquet 
"socialist ass hat."  Frankly, I'm jealous.  What's an ass hat?  I'm 
picturing a derriere derby, a commie chapeau, a Fabian fedora.  What 
I'm not picturing is Stinky Weasletits, the man who can always find a 
parking spot downtown, having the wit to come up with anything half so 
amusing as socialist ass hat.

Time, Mr. Crabtree, to return to your day job.  Take a key and lock up 
your lips.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com

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