[NCUC-DISCUSS] Candidate Statement

Margaret Osborne Margaret.Osborne at senecacollege.ca
Sat Nov 14 16:26:42 CET 2015


LOL.   Ad nonhominen….too funny:-)

On such a grim morning, it is just wonderful to see international camaraderie.

Thank you all.

M





On 2015-11-14, 9:48 AM, "Ncuc-discuss on behalf of Tapani Tarvainen" <ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org on behalf of tapani.tarvainen at effi.org> wrote:

>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:
>
>> 
>> 
>> You had me ’til “good-bye”.  Is calling people losers an American thing?
>> 
>> MM: Well it was a joke. And so is your message, right? I am indeed engaging in (tongue in cheek) negative ads.
>> 
>> 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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