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Burden proof is coupled with burden to listen.
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RE: Burden proof is coupled with burden to listen.
(April 16, 2018 at 8:19 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:
(April 16, 2018 at 8:16 pm)chimp3 Wrote: If I tell someone they have the burden of proof, that in no way obligates me to listen to any thing else they have to say. I am not a captive audience.

This attitude is ignorant, what's the point of being burdened with a proving something to you if you are not willing to listen?

I may be willing to listen but am under no obligation. Just as you are under no obligation to make any assertion in the first place. We are volunteers, not slaves.
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RE: Burden proof is coupled with burden to listen. - by chimp3 - April 16, 2018 at 8:24 pm

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