At 10:49 AM 7/14/2002 -0700, t-and-f-digest wrote.. >Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 19:04:21 -0400 >From: "malmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: t-and-f: ENOUGH OF THIS IDIOTIC DIALOGUE > >FOR THE HUNDREDTH FREAKIN TIME "innocent until proven guilty" ONLY HAS >MEANING WHEN FOLLOWED BY THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE "in a criminal court >of law".
Not true. The same basic concept--the hypothesis is assumed to be false until proven conclusively true--is THE core concept of the current scientific method relied upon by the general world scientific community. That concept is equally applicable in most situations where a supposition or accusation is made. As I've said here before, proving a negative is almost impossible, so the burden MUST be on the positive position for proof. Richard McCann M.Cubed, Davis, California (530) 757-6363
