Best Evidence Supporting or Discrediting the BoP as a Necessary Requirement in DDO Debates

1. Pro has failed to show any DDO evidence that BoP is a necessary requirement in DDO debates.--Assertions are not evidence but guesswork.2. Notice all his examples by which BoP he feels needs to measure the validity of one's claim deal solely with intangible realities...God, afterlife, ghosts, aliens...the bullsh*t topics of debates.--How much proof is needed to show "resolved: humans need oxygen to live." Not much, since simple common sense by default will award the affirmative party a victory for such a trivial case of elementary understanding. Therefore BoP is not necessary here to prove we need oxygen to survive, just an affirmative will suffice: What are you breathing now that is partaking in sustaining your life? The interrogative affirmative is by no means attached to one's burden. It proves little, but seems to carry a huge impact because of it's directness. One could also win this argument without BoP by simply stating "Breath in, Breath out." You naturally get the gist of what the affirmative party is declaring. No heavy argumentation or multiple diverse links of sources are needed for simple common sense to realize a BoP isn't necessary to prove this resolution. But through judging criteria that is another standard. 3. BoP defined under debate terminology is & ALWAYS should be the objectivity by which we define its use."Burden of Proof: A debater who offers an argument must show that it is valid in order for it to be accepted. In Lincoln-Douglas debate, the affirmative team has the burden to prove the resolution true while the negative has the burden to prove the resolution false." http://debate-central.ncpa.org...Pro claims:"BoP should always fall under the person making a positive claim""BoP is important to meet when you make a positive claim."Well, Debate Central says both the positive & negative affirmative team need to meet BoP. Pro is either wrong, or that established debate site is wrong. Other DDO members too erroneously think BoP only applies to the Instigator. "This debate is not a split-BOP debate. ...The fact that ...didn't make it clear which Bible should be something held against him - since he is the one WHO STARTED THE DEBATE. Not me." http://www.debate.org...This is faulty reasoning. In this debate, Blade made this claim "I am arguing that the Bible is not absolute." In my analysis I made this clarifying revelation: "Your own words. So which Bible are you arguing is not absolute? The Catholic Bible, KJ Bible, NKJ Bible, NIV Bible, Geneva Bible, Gideon Bible, Confraternity Bible, Lexham English Bible, Amplified Bible, Bishop's Bible, Darby Bible, Coverdale Bible, or from any of the 50+ other bibles? You did not make it clear which Bible you were arguing against. " BoP if we accept the criteria of other debate sites is equally shared. Like Pro, most DDO members think BoP means you must prove your resolution beyond a reasonable doubt, but DDO does not mandated such a criteria. Debaters likewise think it constitutes direct point penalization if one fails to meet BoP. It is idiocy to argue against no use of BoP as a criteria, but my point is "proof" isn't the necessary requirement set by DDO that constitutes how voters should judge a debate. The DDO criteria is expressly clear by which fair, impartial method you are obligated to vote by. The 7 Point System is a perfect example. Pro Tied Con Who did you agree with before the debate? Who did you agree with after the debate? Who had better conduct? Who had better spelling and grammar? Who made more convincing arguments? Who used the most reliable sources? Make sure you click on the "?" button next time for further enlightenment. Not one of those guidelines stipulates in any manner as "Who upheld their burden of proof?" "Who proved their argument beyond a reasonable doubt?" If there is any one DDO guideline that is a necessary requirement in our debates it is "who made more convincing arguments?" The argument that is logically convincing is a requirement, yet DDO is clear "more" and the plural of arguments is--not should--but IS one of the necessary requirements in a DDO debate--not burden of proof, but more convincing arguments. Let us look again to the above BoP definition at the word "valid" one can argue this word is defining "more convincing arguments" & thus DDO has established the explicit criteria of BoP. Well, in rebuttal, if this were true how come Blade of Truth never made this connection in any of his comment arguments, here: http://www.debate.org...Not one time did he expressly connect "BoP" to "more convincing arguments." Again if we look to DDO evidence we see in troll debates persons winning making ludicrous arguments, never proving aliens exist but rather convincing perspectives that "Morgan Freeman is God--look how old he is!" "Tilda Swinton is an asexual android." etc. One's case does not have to be thoroughly proven to win, but rather more convincing than his/her opponent.For the sake of pun, my opponent has failed to meet his burden of providing the Best Evidence "Supporting" BoP as a Necessary Requirement in DDO debates.I have meet my burden of providing the Best Evidence--DDO's own Judging Criteria--"Discrediting" BoP as a Necessary Requirement in DDO debates with "Who made more convincing arguments?"My arguments are more convincing than my opponent's and that is the high point-awarded guideline (3pts.) by which DDO mandates you to issue a fair & impartial vote upon--not did such & such prove it to you beyond some reasonable doubt.