Biblical Hebrew Forum

[dwashbur AT nyx.net]

Gary,
I like what you said.  I would just tweak one little aspect of it:

On 29 Jan 2010 at 12:50, Hedrick Gary wrote:

> 1. If anything, the repetition of emotionally-charged words weakens
> the argument rather than strengthening it. In rhetorical terms, we
> might say this is ad hominem argumentation.

It looks to me more like reductio ad absurdem argumentation, since the attack 
is directed 
more at a perceived situation than at specific individuals or groups.

Other than that, nicely done.

Did I mention that my alter ego's name is  Sir Nitpick?

Dave Washburn

http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur