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Re:Apology to 37signals by tertius on Saturday January 28, 2012 @10:35PM (#3524340)
This was not ad hominem, please look it up.

An ad hominem is used within the confines of an argument. There is no argument here. He is calling them what they are. They stole, that is clear, the argument is air-tight (they have even apologized).

I wouldn't use this kind of language myself (not in any circumstance), but ad hominem it is not.

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Re:Apology to 37signals by zerostar07 on Sunday January 29, 2012 @05:39AM (#3524993)
Correct. I used the words literally, I meant "personal attacks" instead, which frankly I don't think helped him make his point stronger.
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