Ad Hommini? Hominimum?

Ad Hominem. That's how you say it... or at least spell it, I'm doubting I could really verbally say the words without figuratively falling into the mud. But hey, at least I now know the meaning of the word and if ever I wish to use it in a sentence I can just explain the word I'm meaning to my friends who are English buffs. For those who may have zoned out during class when we were presenting literary fallacies Ad Hominem is when someone addresses the background of the subject and not the main subject. I find myself an expert at finding this *cough* *cough* through my many  years of watching crime and law television shows. Lawyers use this quite often when they are faced with a situation that they cannot face head-on if they wish to win the trial. If you take away all of the pretty words and judicial playacting, that lawyer bringing up an expert witness's past three DUI's to deem their evidence deffective is the same as a little kid retorting to some hurtful comment with "your mom!" Wouldn't it be interesting to see a lawyer yell to a key witness "That doesn't matter! Because your Mom's so big anytime she's on a boat the whales start singing we are family!" Seeing it this way for some reason makes it easier for me to see it happen around me. Maybe that's just Kayla's mind, I've begun to realize it isn't wired the same as others. =D