re: #218 Spar Kling

And how does this answer my assertion? “We” hides behind the collective, “spew” and “tripe” are simply ad hominim attacks against my person.

-sk

“We” hides not collective. “We” simply referes to a plurality of persons; it does not suggest that that the author is sitting as Locutus for the Borg, here. (It’s a reference to a TV series from some years ago.)

No, “dirt-bag,” “moron,” “huckster,” - those are ad hominen

Spew is a verb, and tripe is a delicacy to some deranged folk.

The terms are also used in invective, with “spew” carrying the meaning of “periodically ejecting masses of unpleasant, unwanted lies, evasions, and jack-assery”, and “tripe” meaning, in this case, “bilge, codswaddle, palpable nonsense.”

As a literalist, I understand your difficulties with higher linguistic functions such as these, and will work to accommodate you if possible.