Talk:Proof by assertion

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I nearly NPOV tagged my own article; I am a little concerned that the example I give is perhaps inappropriate, since there are those who genuinely believe in a Jewish world conspiracy. --Just zis Guy, you know? 10:46, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 "A lie told often enough becomes the truth" 2 Minor adjustment 3 example from iraq 4 References?

[edit] "A lie told often enough becomes the truth"

There is no source to back up that this quotation was said by Lenin. It is also atributed to Goebbels, so I'll change it to sound as "as the saying goes"--Theocide 02:08, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

He could say it, but it doesn't give reason for citation. It is probably translation of proverb known and used in many, if not all slavic languages. (Czech: "Stokrát opakovaná lež se stává pravdou")88.101.76.122 01:58, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minor adjustment

I redid the end of the article as it seemed (to me anyways) to imply that user of this fallacy intentionally promotes a lie, this is not always true. Let me give an example: Logically a religious person may continually state that Lazzarus rose from the dead after 6 days because the Bible states it even though a logical argument could be constructed against the plausability of this from a medical standpoint. This does not mean the user does not believe his/her statement to be true. Quadzilla99 04:49, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] example from iraq

would politic pointless rhetoric count like "we gotta support our troops" or "we are liberating iraq" in view of all current events--HalaTruth(ሐላቃህ) 01:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References?

http://www.mnforsustain.org/student_logical_fallacies_with_references.htm

A long list of references on logic and argumentation located at the above link. Haven't read them, but if anyone else has, I'd suggest listing them as references so the article doesn't get tagged for deletion. I've also listed the link as an external link, as it does provide a pretty good resource for logical fallacies & such. As well as references. Mgmirkin 17:51, 12 July 2007 (UTC)