argument against the man

While tackling some logical reasoning questions the other night, I somehow strayed off into consideration of ad hominem tu quoque arguments. One tangent led to many more and I soon found myself applying the concept to hypocritical statements. My mind started spinning.

All of a sudden writing people off was unsound. The implications of this application on my views toward substance usage and child rearing seemed to me refreshing. And then it hit me, what this all might make of my stance on organized religion and its followers' actions.

For a single moment, my world seemed to stop.