On May 12, 12:55*pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
Dudley Henriques writes:

Personal attack must be clearly defined as a cold, unsolicited post
attacking an individual with totally 0 provocation.

That's not a standard definition. *A personal attack is an attack against the
person (the poster), rather than his or her arguments. *It is a fallacy in
debate, a last resort of the incompetent, and a first resort of the bully.

Again, the individual interpretation that is the very essense of Usenet.
This definition might not be the "standard" (and just who defines
standard anyway :-) but it's my definition as it applies to my personal
Usenet experience.......again and as always....Usenet defies "standard
definitions".

It is always possible to take something not-provable, but widly
regarded as fact, and claim that it is not a fact do to its subjective
nature.

True or False:

* Britney Spears is famous.
* Water is wet.
* Computerized-control is better at stabilizing aircraft than manual,
human-control.
* Some pilots in rec.aviation.piloting make personal attacks.

Any of these statements can be said to be true or false, depending on
the personal, subjective whims of the assessor.

What is important, IMO, is that the assessor asks himself on a case-by-
case basis whether he is being consistently objective or momentarily
subjective as a matter of rhetorical convenience.

-Le Chaud Lapin-