Lets also keep in mind that hypocracy is irrelivant to the merits of a position, or a point being made. If a smoker tells you smoking is bad, is he wrong? One

Lets also keep in mind that hypocracy is irrelivant to the merits of a position, or a point being made. If a smoker tells you smoking is bad, is he wrong? One of the oldest tricks when somebody does something you dont like is to point out what an awful hypocrite they are, even when its only tangetial, or unrelated entirely.