It doesn't matter how "plausible" it is, only whether or not it's actually happened. If it has not actually happened, then it carries no weight in an argument.

It doesn't matter how "plausible" it is, only whether or not it's actually happened. If it has not actually happened, then it carries no weight in an argument. Parables are good for teaching children lessons, but not as evidence for a particular viewpoint. (Also, you may not hear people say things like "The poor always win." That's because that side prefers to a different sort of emotional appeal; I hear things that express the same sentiment all the time. Nobody discusses economics in good faith, which is part of the problem.)