By definition, Mr. Scratch is not a person; he's just posts on an internet board. He could be multiple people. He could be computer-generated text.
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Same could be said for Plutarch.
You know who I am. I have identified myself many times. Posting psuedonymously is not the same as anonymously. Or do you not know the difference?
I know who you say you are, but that doesn't mean that's who you are. I've trusted men before, only to find out they were lying to me. You could be a computer in Timbuktoo for all I know.
Mister Scratch wrote:Let me put it this way: I am quite sure that plenty over on the ironically named FAIRboard do indeed think that I was never given a body of flesh and bones.
As to whether or not I am merely some fluctuation within "The Matrix", as it were, I refuse to say. Moreover, this smacks of an ad hominem, or "straw man," (or would that be "virtual man"?) attack. ; )
Can one make an ad hominem against an anonymous person? After all, the term means, "to the man."
Sure you can. By the same logic, are you saying that you can't make an ad hominem against a woman?
Wiki: ...It must be clear that the purpose of the characterization is to discredit the person offering the argument, and, specifically, to invite others to discount his arguments.
This is exactly what you're doing with this thread of yours.