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Don't make personal attacks on HN. If you have an argument, feel free to voice it, even strenuously, but it's considered gauche here to address people who disag
by torstenvl 3y ago
Don't make personal attacks on HN. If you have an argument, feel free to voice it, even strenuously, but it's considered gauche here to address people who disagree with you directly and comment on them or their personal motives.
- chabes 3y agoHow is the parent comment a “personal attack”?
- Bognar 3y agoWho is being personally attacked? The first owner who decided to flay a human corpse and wrap their personal items with it? I think "sick" is an appropriate adjective.
- astura 3y agoExpressing an opinion you disagree with isn't a "personal attack."
- torstenvl 3y ago"So what's your point, we should glorify some sick mind who thought it was a good idea to take and use human remains to decorate his library?" Impugning the motives of people you disagree with is a personal attack, and it's unacceptable behavior.
- astura 3y agoNo it's not, dude.
- torstenvl 3y agoYes, it inarguably is. There is no room for reasonable disagreement on this issue of objective fact. Attacking something personal—such as motive—is a personal attack. "Typically this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, MOTIVE, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem (emphasis added) Arguing against preservation of an artifact—based on the the opponent's ostensible motive that "we should glorify some sick mind" who created the artifact—is a personal attack. It is unbecoming, and it is prohibited on HN.
- astura 3y agoHave you considered going outside?