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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (22391)7/16/2003 10:25:53 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 89467
 
Well
it was a wee little post correcting another poster's misstep into fallacy land - it might embarrass that poster if I dragged it over here. I don't like to drag things around that might reflect negatively on other people- I've seen it done too much by others (not talking about you, just trying to be as vague as possible :-)), and I find it repellent.

But here is the fallacy:
Appeal to Ignorance (Proving a Negative): an argument that asserts a claim is true because no one can prove it is wrong; this shifts the burden of proof to the audience or opponent rather than the claimant
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