I was going to say that proving a "negative statement", is logically impossible...
However, this is mathematics, so perhaps the "I can't prove I don't have something, you have to prove I do" isn't quite as solid in the world of mathematics? I'm pretty sure reading through some of the recent mathematical threads I've seen some "proofs" that showed that certain things are not possible.
But, I could simply be remembering "conjectures" and the like as "proofs", and thus, the original line above might still be correct?
-Scott