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Old May 12th 08, 11:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Le Chaud Lapin
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Default I give up, after many, many years!

On May 12, 5:11*pm, More_Flaps wrote:
On May 13, 9:51*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

More_Flaps writes:
I think you are MXing up an ad hominem with simple personal attack.


Same thing.


Nope.


Not to nit-pick, but:

"Ad hominem has also recently acquired a use as a noun denoting
personal attacks, as in "Notwithstanding all the ad hominem, Gingrich
insists that he and Panetta can work together" (Washington Post)"

Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ad%20hominem

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