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Quote by: kubedawg  Testimonials have the same merit as the keys that I physically type to voice my opinion. |
That is why you should back up your opinions with facts, proofs, studies or references to material that your debate partner can easily access -- here on forum boards that usually means material that can be got/provided through web sites.
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So basically, you automatically call me a liar.
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I have not called you a liar. Don`t be a revisionist with people' words.
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Where is the proof of that?
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If I did suspect you were a liar, I would be under no burden to show that you are, because that is the same as saying you are "not" telling the truth. One does not set out to prove a negative. If you assert something (i.e. a positive) and you want that to be taken as true, you are the one who has the burden of proof to put it forth in such a way so that it is taken as truth.
Surely, having entered a site mainly created for fostering debate, you understand that, don`t you?
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Would you like me to video tape "my friend" saying these things? Then you'll accuse me of faking the video with some actress or something.... wtf? You will just have to take my word. Don't call me a liar if you cannot verify I am a liar.
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Again, see all above. But, kubedawg, I am going to humor you a little and play your game in this post to show you how ridiculous you are being with wanting testimonial to be taken as truth until it is proven otherwise:
My friend was invited by Santa Clause to help deliver all the toys around the world and was taken to his factory in the North pole that was 50 kilometers under the ice and sea bed. She told me so. That is her testimonial and she said that all the seemingly impossible things he could do was done so with magic.
Now, Kubedawg, are you going to take that testimonial as truth just because one put it forth and you can`t prove it to be not so simply because you don`t have access to her, the time it happened, or any other point related to the story? I wouldn`t. According to your reasoning and keeping your reasoning consistant, why would you?