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doesn't constitute evidence. Statements made without evidence and reasoning to back them up remain statements. For example, a court wouldn't find someone guilty of murder just because a member of the public phoned the court and said "He's guilty" and when asked why, replied "He simply is".
... except that the Evo's do not hold themselves to this standard. Exactly this sort of nonsense has been bandied about in mutlile threads in regards communism for example, and is not only tolerated but generally supported - and this is despite multiple admissions that the topic has not in fact been investigated by those making the claim.
You are quite right to say that statements are not evidence. Unfortunately the Evo side is manifestly hypocritical about sticking to this principle - and indeed, at least on of those guilty of this has been subsequently made an administrator so that they can exercise their hypocrisy with greater reach and power.
Then of course there are also the absurdist and outright insulting accusations of "anti-americanism", a direct adoption of the theistic argument that atheists are not really atheists but have some personal beef with god.
Hardly inspiring of confidence, is it? There is much cleaning up of acts required, and not exclusively on the creo side by a long way.
This message has been edited by contracycle, 03-23-2005 05:04 AM
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