Reply #115: You can't, because you weren't the target. Your statement was.

[greyl]

Personal attack = ad hominem.

If someone takes it personally when a statement of theirs on a discussion board is called bullshit, they may consider not making statements on discussion boards.

Sorry, but it looks to me like the "ruffled feathers" due to PG rated language is only an attempted distraction from the facts, evidence, and opinions being discussed. Check out Harry Frankfurt's book On Bullshit for more info.

edit: to recap, the following statements were total bullshit: "Why do you have to continue to personally attack people and call everyone names? Can't you respond without having to resort to this sort of thing in almost every post?"
They're bullshit because there was no personal attack, let alone continual personal attacks, and there was no name calling.