[defaultname]

Not only was my comment in no way an ad hominem, it's pretty ironic that you attempt one to denigrate.

[philwelch]

Responding to "it's surprisingly easy to commit a federal offense" with "FWIW, criminals think everyone is a criminal" can be reasonably interpreted as an ad hominem. If that's not what you meant, what did you mean by that comment?

[defaultname]

It's a general comment relating to the general discussion of how law-breaking a peoples are. Maybe don't take every comment personally?

[philwelch]

What makes you think I took it personally? I was just making a general comment about how people who make ad hominem comments on the internet are.