We hear a lot about logic and common sense.Rifleman1776 said:I'm sure if I needed help starting a ball I would do something just like Tenngun did. Not original or clever, just meeting a need, whether it is 1700 or 2013. It is hc/pc to the moment the item is created.
The builder was Roy Stroh.
It is impossible to prove a negative. The burden is on those who believe something happened or existed to prove it, not the other way around.tenngun said:After 7 pages no one has yet passed an argument that they didn't exist, or didn't exist here.
Now all you have to do is document it and I'll believe too. Until then, I have no way to know what you think you saw.Kodiak13 said:I didn't believe in Big Foot either...till I saw him up close in the forest for myself! :shocked2:
The LACK of evidence for short-starters, when we have such clear descriptions of the loading/shooting process, is sufficient evidence that they weren't commonly used. As Claude wrote - YOU CAN'T PROVE A NEGATIVE (but you can DISPROVE a negative with evidence), therefore the burden of proof is upon those who say they were used/present.tenngun said:After 7 pages no one has yet passed an argument that they didn't exist, or didn't exist here.
YOU CAN'T PROVE A NEGATIVE (but you can DISPROVE a negative with evidence), therefore the burden of proof is upon those who say they were used/present.
In other words, show your evidence that they were in common use, as without evidence you have nothing but opinion, which is NOT proof...
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