“But if people are going to blow-off a claim made on the internet, I think it’s incumbent upon them to PROVE that the claim is wrong.”
Nope. If you’re making the positive claim, the onus is on whoever is making the claim to prove their claim.
There’s a famous example of your kind of reasoning and why it’s fallacious. Sagan’s ‘dragon in the garage’ example seen from both ends.
-I have a dragon in my garage. You can’t disprove I have don’t have a dragon, therefore my claim stands.
-I have a dragon in my garage. I must prove to you that I have one in order for my claim to stand.
Pick which one makes more sense, and you’ll find that it’s the kind of reasoning that used in courts systems and by every other clear-headed person on earth.
Does the phrase “innocent until proven guilty” ring a bell? Well the same holds with your Pontiac rumors; “baseless until proven valid”.
Nobody, absolutely nobody, on GMA, FA, other automotive fourms, on Mars, or at the other end of the universe is obligated to prove your claims wrong when you can’t even show them to be right.
You’re making the positive claim. You provide the positive evidence.
If you’re going to make claims without evidence, we can dismiss your claims without evidence.
While I’m at it:
“YOU say Obama had no part. I’ve read several posts on other websites that say he did. Am I to simply ASSUME that YOU are right, and not the other posters?”
The fair thing to do is to assume BOTH Mr. Luft and the ‘post on other websites’ are incorrect, and to conduct your own research and reach your own conculsions, FULLY INDEPENDANT from pro or anti Pontiac crowds. Remain subjective, not objective. Let your findings and your brain tell you what to make of Pontiac’s fate, not your heart.
The internet is filled to rafters with personal opinions and groundless claims. You can find opinions on a Pontiac forum or even here on GMA. It doesn’t mean you should take both of them at their words.
