> Also, watch your words. "More than a little ridiculous" is not an objective rational statement, it's just pure ad hominem.
Not at all. He said (paraphrasing) "this claim is ridicuolous", not "you are ridiculous".
Not at all. He said (paraphrasing) "this claim is ridicuolous", not "you are ridiculous".
And in case, we're doing a meta discussion on rhetorical semantics now, which is besides the point - because you can't argue away that saying "this claim is more than a little ridiculous" is just plain bad form.