T. A. Gardner
Thread Killer
Aren't you the poster who always complains about insults & ad homs?
No, I point them out, but I don't particularly complain about them. I'd rather if people were using them, which is frequent here, that they be more creative than a 6 year-old in doing so. Good insults are clever, like a good joke. They should have a bit of humor in them if possible. Crude ones are just, well, crude.
Ad hominem on the other hand, is simply a lack on the poster's part of having any sort of reasonable comeback or rebuttal to a post. It is a substitute for debate and discussion.