Ad Homily… my new made up word of the week…

Lane Bailey - Friday, 1 August 2008 11:15

I just can’t help connect different word ocassionally…  So, here it goes.

ad hom·i·nem
(hŏm’ə-něm’, -nəm)  Pronunciation Key
adj.  Appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or reason: Debaters should avoid ad hominem arguments that question their opponents’ motives.

And then…

hom·i·ly
(hŏm’ə-lē)  Pronunciation Key

  1. A sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse.
  2. A tedious moralizing lecture or admonition.
  3. An inspirational saying or platitude.

So, as I listen to political debate of the day, I hear these constant moralizing lectures that are attacks on a person rather than on the subject at hand.  And then there are the non-debates, where people just spout slogans that don’t have any meaning…

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