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You are not entitled to your opinion.
#21
RE: You are not entitled to your opinion.
Sorry for coming late, but it isn't a necropost, so:

I think that another important point of this thread would be
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Wrote:Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.

If people who held unfounded opinions did not act as though said opinions were fact, their holding them would be considerably less problematic. Unfortunately, there is a certain painful irony in the Socratic wisdom of knowing how much one does not know; those who are least knowledgeable are the ones most likely to insist their opinions are fact, whereas a more intelligent person would acknowledge the limits of their knowledge (which would be interpreted as weakness by the other).

I should also note that many preferences (favorite color, etc.) are generally not based in logic (and cannot hardly be), and as such should not be evaluated by the same criteria.
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
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#22
RE: You are not entitled to your opinion.
Doesn't matter that you're late to the party Darkstar, as always I value your input! Smile
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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#23
RE: You are not entitled to your opinion.
Indeed.

Plus it's the sign of a true gentleman not to come early.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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#24
RE: You are not entitled to your opinion.
You can have any opinion you like.....as long as you don't mind me calling you a fuckhead for having it.
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#25
RE: You are not entitled to your opinion.
(March 12, 2014 at 8:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You can have any opinion you like.....as long as you don't mind me calling you a fuckhead for having it.

A veritable badge of honour
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#26
RE: You are not entitled to your opinion.
There are times when you do demonstrate understanding, Frods.
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#27
RE: You are not entitled to your opinion.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, they're just not entitled to force others to agree.
I agree with others here, it's a trite statement and it's always struck me as a passive aggressive statement.
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#28
RE: You are not entitled to your opinion.
I get this alot and my stance on it is that it does not matter if you have an opinion, don't expect me to not say anything about it just because it's your opinion. alot of people hide behind this tactic - they think they can get away with saying really appalling things.
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