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TECHNOLOGY AND IDEOLOGY - AD HOMINEM REMARKS


	For those who know even less Latin than I do, an ad hominem
argument is aimed at the man rather than his case.  Ad hominem
arguments are traditionally regarded as bad since attacking a person
does not refute his position.  However, they have become more popular
lately, because Marxists say, "You disagree with me, because you
are a lackey of the bourgeoisie", psychoanalysts say, "you disagree
with me, because you have a neurotic block", and J. K. Galbraith
sometimes says, "they disagree with me, because their tastes have
been formed by advertising".  A case that relies entirely on ad hominem
arguments should be dismissed without further thought, because it is
an appeal to your dislikes rather than to your reason.

	Nevertheless, I want to comment