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_csoz on Jan 29, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apology to 37signals

So when someone makes the same mistake 3 times, you call them a moron and that fixes it?

Shenglong on Jan 29, 2012 [–]

Did you bother to read my entire post? The first part was correcting his statement. The second part denounced the insult in this case.

_csoz on Jan 29, 2012 | [–]

Yes I did. In any case an ad hominem attack is a logical fallacy, and as such it is never appropriate.

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