Jim,
Suppose one says: "Budiansky is a saintly jerk"? :-)
Ray
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You wrote:
"Let me just preface this by saying "Budiansky is a jerk."
"Let me quickly add that if that were all my comments, then that statement
would constitute an ad hominem of the depreciatory variety (presumably one
of the "Heinz 57"). If instead, I were to say simply, "Budiansky is a
saint," and *nothing* more, then that would also constitute an ad hominem,
albeit of the appreciatory variety (again, one of "57")."
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