Quote Originally Posted by Omnius Deus View Post
Now THAT is a straw man (not to mention a slippery slope)

Here's a link to the debate you mentioned so people can see for themselves if Ron Paul was really skating passed the questions and playing dodgeball.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=R7JPvbVsDdY

Ron Paul did his best to answer O'Reilly's questions but the man kept interrupting him claiming he was avoiding the questions when he was just trying to tell Bill O'Reilly that he was focused on the wrong people. Anyone can say what Bill O'Reilly said, he might as well have been asking if Ron Paul believed the world is a dangerous place. What Ron Paul was saying is that this country's focus is put on nations that aren't nearly as threatening to us as other ones, or don't require nearly as much attention.

Oh but you're right, the fallacy you used against Mystic was an ad hominem
I didn't use a fallacy with Mystic. I engaged in the silly insult war he wanted to have because he could not counter my point about Fox News. HE committed the ad hominem fallacy. His point was 100% pure ad hominem, so I threw it back at him. An ad hominem used back at a total ad hominem is not fallacious. That's like saying if somebody calls you a booty head and you call him a biscuit face that you have committed a fallacy. Don't be silly. Was I supposed to post my psychological history because, "There's something wrong with you," is a serious debate point? Get real.

Ron Paul did very briefly touch Bill's issue about Iran, but he mostly kept playing the, "But let's talk about this other subject instead," game instead of giving direct responses. Iran is a megaserious matter we have on our hands right now, and Bill was trying to get Ron to talk about what we should do about them. Ron barely did it at all. He just said we shouldn't be in the Middle East at all, even though he voted for the war in Afghanistan. How consistent. What a stable candidate. And Ron also said that what Iran is doing is legitimate. A Ron Paul presidency would be a horrifying nightmare for the entire world. It's a good thing we don't have to realistically worry about such a thing.