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Guessing you're American is ad hominem?

• 0xffff2 5mo ago
  > ad hominem: appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect [0] Pretty much by definition, yes. 0: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad%20hominem https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad%20hominem
  • soiltype 5mo ago
    I mean I wasn't making any rhetorical argument. That part of the comment was just me musing.
    • dzhiurgis 5mo ago
      Muse this - train is a tool, just like a car, bus, bike, plane, drone or rollerblades. Repeating "trains" in every transport context is unproductive. Each mode of transport requires certain density. Most US cities just don't have it. It's that simple.
      • soiltype 5mo ago
        No
      • Schiendelman 5mo ago
        It's not at all that simple. One of the neat things about trains is their permanence - once you've built one, you can fight for allowing increased density repeatedly until you win. That's what we've been doing in Seattle!
        • dzhiurgis 5mo ago
          Horses before train carriages then? How is that working out tho?