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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7705801" data-attributes="member: 4937">So, before I go into this at any length, you recognize don't you that the statement I just quoted is not a statement of opinion.&nbsp; It's not an opinion whether two stories start with the same premise.&nbsp; It's a statement of fact.&nbsp; Either it is true that they start with the same premise, or they don't.&nbsp; If you want to say, &quot;In my opinion, they start with the same premise&quot;, you are really not using 'opinion' to merely mean a personal preference.&nbsp; When you use 'opinion' in that context, you mean &quot;I believe this to be a fact, but I understand that you are not yet convinced.&quot;&nbsp; But in that case, unlike the case of a personal preference, your 'opinion' could turn out to be wrong. So, do you get that much?&nbsp; Is it even worth arguing with you over as small of a matter as that one sentence, or all you going to claim everything is relative when it suits you and everything is absolute when it doesn't?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7705801, member: 4937"] So, before I go into this at any length, you recognize don't you that the statement I just quoted is not a statement of opinion. It's not an opinion whether two stories start with the same premise. It's a statement of fact. Either it is true that they start with the same premise, or they don't. If you want to say, "In my opinion, they start with the same premise", you are really not using 'opinion' to merely mean a personal preference. When you use 'opinion' in that context, you mean "I believe this to be a fact, but I understand that you are not yet convinced." But in that case, unlike the case of a personal preference, your 'opinion' could turn out to be wrong. So, do you get that much? Is it even worth arguing with you over as small of a matter as that one sentence, or all you going to claim everything is relative when it suits you and everything is absolute when it doesn't? [/QUOTE]

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