>Carrol Cox writes:
>
>> I think it worthwhile to distinguish between _ad hominem_ attacks and
>> merely personal attacks, and I think DP's post is an instance of the
>> latter. In my understanding, an _ad hominem_ attack tries to discredit a
>> _position_ by discrediting the source of that position.
>
>There is, by the way, an interesting ad hominem "attack" on George Bush
>currently on the Counterpunch.org website. The article is an attempt at a
>diagnosis by a psychiatrist, Carol Wolman, M.D. Among other possible
>diagnoses she mentions narcissism, in which the narcissist (Dubya) has
>overwelming problems with self-esteem and is also incapable of understanding
>another person's point-of-view.
Oddly enough, a similar analysis might be applied to the more famous of the Counterpunch editors.
Doug