Originally posted by robbie carrobie
ARGUMENT FROM SILENCE
argumentum e silentio
Description: Drawing a conclusion based on the silence of the opponent, when the opponent is refusing to give evidence for any reason.
Logical Form:
Person 1 claims X is true, then remains silent.
Person 2 then concludes that X must be true.
Example #1:
Jay: Dude, where are my car keys?
Bob: ...[text shortened]... ence.
http://www.logicallyfallacious.com/index.php/logical-fallacies/55-argument-from-silence
Landisqueen summed it up beautifully,
we are asked to blindly accept the following:
1) Seitse had leukaemia even though the vast majority of his posts are typically outrageous claims designed to shock and grab attention...(bit of a credibility issue here)
2) Seitse was actually in a private setting with GB, whom he hates and shared something super personal... all the while believing GB has divulged other people's personal business...
3) His only witnesses, so far, are two posters who fully support his contempt for GB
4) All threads relating to this incident no longer exist
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-Removed-Sure
Thread 167360Why Americans are fat and loud? : Sensationalist and tabloid designed to grab attention
Thread 167386 Do you want to know the real Bob? : Daily Mail style of attention grabbing through the vilification of a personality
[threadid][/threadid]Human flesh is leather too : A macabre attempt to grab attention
Thread 161976Excrement, farts, burps, and armpit sounds : subject matter designed to grab attention due to overtly repugnant theme
Thread 162807U.S. superpower status & Slavery ; sensitive political issue and politically charged theme designed to grab attention
need I go on?
-Removed-These are the titles of the threads and represent a mere five minutes work, In the survey of those I considered I could find only one benign thread about jaffa cakes, thus numerically about 75 percent of his posts are attention grabbing and the statement is true. Now where are your links.