On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 15:46 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > I fail to see the relevance. You're using an ad-hominem argument > "in reverse" so to speak. Point of order: No. It's rather Argumentum ad Verecundiam inasmuch as the validity of the claim (regarding SELinux) doesn't necessarily follow from the credibility of the source (Alan Cox). It's, technically, a logical fallacy of relevance, but in this case, I'd have to concede that Alan probably has some useful and trustworthy input regarding the subject.
