[NCUC-DISCUSS] Candidate Statement
Tapani Tarvainen
tapani.tarvainen at effi.org
Sat Nov 14 15:48:30 CET 2015
Indeed, None of the Above is nobody, so what Milton is effectively
saying is that nobody is a loser, i.e., that there are no losers. :-)
Perhaps he could still be accused of ad nonhominen attack though...
T.
On Nov 14 14:09, Mueller, Milton L (milton at gatech.edu) wrote:
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> You had me ’til “good-bye”. Is calling people losers an American thing?
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> MM: Well it was a joke. And so is your message, right? I am indeed engaging in (tongue in cheek) negative ads.
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> That being said, None of the Above is not a person, but a required ballot option. Therefore it cannot be an ad hominem attack, as the hominem is missing. So if you would accuse me of ad hominem attacks I would invoke the habeas corpus doctrine. ;-)
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