History of Personal attack

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The pointing out or bringing to the surface in a destructive manner a flaw in a persons personality, lifestyle, convictions or principles, usualy to the benfit of another party, such as in a political debate. For example, two senators running for the same office are in a heated debate:

A personal attack is the pointing out or bringing to the surface in a destructive manner a flaw in a person's personality, lifestyle, convictions or principles, usually to the benefit of another party, such as in a political debate. For example, two senators running for the same office are in a heated debate:

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Senator1: "I belive we should have tougher penalties for drivers caught speeding."

Senator1: "I believe we should have tougher penalties for drivers caught speeding."

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-gba

How is this different from an [argument ad hominem]??

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	Revision 6 . . (edit) December 8, 2001 4:26 am by Dreamyshade [copyedits]
	Revision 5 . . (edit) December 6, 2001 8:21 pm by ManningBartlett [added talk]
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	Revision 2 . . December 6, 2001 4:09 pm by Gba [added a break between the conversation]
	Revision 1 . . December 6, 2001 4:08 pm by Gba