Word: hominem
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Mikhaela Reid's editorial cartoon (Cartoon, April 27) is egregious for its mindless offensiveness, error and harmful nature. After the rather irrelevant and ad hominem fashion police argument, which effectively mocks the clothing styles of certain orthodox Jews and Christians, Reid goes on to insinuate that modesty is somehow linked to rape...
Mikhaela Reid's editorial cartoon (Cartoon, April 27) is egregious for its mindless offensiveness, error and harmful nature. After the rather irrelevant and ad hominem fashion police argument, which effectively mocks the clothing styles of certain orthodox Jews and Christians, Reid goes on to Insinuate that modesty is somehow linked to rape...
...Your ad hominem characterization of the "Gong Show" and Adams' "jingoistic residents" is quite ignorant of the conditions which excessive interhouse dining make for Adams residents. We have taken pride in the past in knowing, eating with, conversing with and socializing with Adamsians in classes above and below us. We have had scant opportunity to begin this social process in the dining hall. At lunch and dinner, half of the students eating in Adams are not House residents, and it is impossible to differentiate a House community in a place where one should indefatigably exist. Harvard is a community...
...Kovacevich '99 deftly accomplished just that. Kovacevich founded The Grape Coalition, which campaigned for the return of California table grapes to the Harvard dining halls. Through a virtually single-handed effort, Kovacevich convinced 54 percent of Harvard students to support the return of table grapes despite an ad hominem and platitudinous misinformation campaign by several activist groups. As his success seemed more likely, Kovacevich became Harvard's equivalent of "The Great Satan" among activists...
...officers of PBHA, we have tried over the past year to work more closely with the Assistant Dean than have any other students. The arguments here are not groundless ad hominem attacks, but are based on thorough reflection after many concrete experiences, ranging from program staff management to space planning, fundraising to personnel issues. We do not mean to insult, but a contrived and dishonest congeniality serves no one, least of all the community...