Fallacy of Red Herring

Lenubis, thks for waiting w/ ur bated breath. here's the entry. pls correct me if i have used the fallacy in the wrong context here.


today, an infernal creature dubbed as Jaw-nerd-turn Y**** publicly challenged me during its lecture. (pardon the censorship, cos its surname is a vulgar word.) i was talking to my friend during its lesson. i noe i shdn't be doing tt n i ought to be given a dressing down but i thot i shdn't be feeling humiliated in the process.

so the creature was barking at my friend n me, "don't think tt u can insult my intelligence by keeping quiet whenever i look at ur direction ... i dare u to challenge my intelligence!"

anyway, Jaw-nerd-turn made 2 false assumptions. 1stly, it assumed tt i was trying to insult its intelligence by talking when it wasn't looking. i had no intention to do tt. the reason can be found in its 2nd assumption. it assumed tt it possessed intelligence when it asked me to accept its invitation of challenge.

i can find no single trace of intelligence w/in this mammal in the 1st place to talk abt, thus i struggle to challenge it in the way it wanted. i sincerely suggest tt it analyses its question the next time it intends to make it known to us humans.

other thn tt, it oso barked, "if u talk again, i'll make sure i don't see ur face in my class next yr!" anyway tt statement will come true. i've actually been passionate abt history since sec sch but this mammal has quenched tt passion of mine. thus, i've kinda decided to drop this subject n pursue General Studies in Chinese (GSC) instead. i hope the GSC teacher has a humane nature unlike Jaw-nerd-turn.