(May 13, 2010 at 5:05 am)Ace Wrote: The burden of proof is on the claimer. It's got nothing to do with minorities or majorities. If you make a claim, it's down to you to prove it.
Also I can only speak for myself but last time I checked, I made no claim, but you have.
It doesn't matter how many believe in something. A lie is a lie no matter how many believe it.
Wasting your time mate. It's clear thingie,like many of his ilks has not grasped the principle of the burden of proof.
The argument used on this occasion is a common logical fallacy used by apologists; 'argumentum ad ad populum', or argument by consensus ,the view that if lots of people believe something it must be true.
Also keep an eye out for argument from authority, no true Scotsman,the straw man, tu quoque,and of course the ubiquitous ad hominem attack -----to mention a few
