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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But back to the point…. You said there was zero risk, I provided an article that showed that this isn’t just my personal feeling, but a common perception of risk, be it real or just perceived.

And I asked you to back up your claims, instead you double down and show nothing to support your point. You claim it is a simple truth in order to downplay your lack of data.

You made a claim:

"this action has risk."

You then provided no evidence at all of that risk, just an article talking about other fearful people like yourself imagining that there might be a risk. Being cowardly is not evidence of a risk, no matter how large or small the group of cowards is.

Now you're asking me to prove a negative, to disprove your absolutely nothing. Okay, glad to. Since you provided zero evidence of risk, and even admitted there is no recorded case of this risk happening, then its easy to see that there is no risk. Turns out something has to exist for it to exist. Tricky, that.

Thats your gotcha argument? "I have no evidence this exists, and neither do you because it doesn't exist, so therefore it does exist?"

Is this your first day on the internet?

[–] ArbiterXero 1 points 1 year ago

Best rebuttal is calling people cowards eh?

You win, but I wish you would reconsider that I may have a point despite your distaste for it.

Have a nice day.