Definitions and such...

Dichotomy is a division into two non-overlapping or mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive parts. They are often contrasting and spoken of as "opposites". Equivocation is the same word is used with two different meanings. For example: Criminal actions are illegal, and all murder trials are criminal actions, thus all murder trials are illegal. OR The sign said "fine for parking here", and since it was fine, I parked there. Ad Hominem is a general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument.
For example :
Bill: "I believe that abortion is morally wrong."
Dave: "Of course you would say that, you're a priest."
Bill: "What about the arguments I gave to support my position?"
Dave: "Those don't count. Like I said, you're a priest, so you have to say that abortion is wrong. Further, you are just a lackey to the Pope, so I can't believe what you say."
From site: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ad-hominem.html

People often use these as ploys to get you to believe their theory or to disprove someone elses. But these aren't based on actual concrete evidence.


People as animals..... yes, physically we are animals, we are mammals in the whole order of species so technically we are animals. People get all uptight about being called animals because of the connotation that comes with the word. Most humans aren't walking around killing for territory, or peeing on bushes, or eating off the ground, as other animals do. People just want to be differentiated from other animals because sociologically we are slightly different, and we can talk and gotta love the opposible thumbs.