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Originally posted by TRhit:
It is up to the reader to then glean what he can from the information or lack thereof that is given.
It is up to the reader to learn what the background and experience of the posters is.
I think those are two important points. While many may feel that the disagreement between posters is "personal", IMO it is important to qualify the opinions against a posters experience in order to form your own opinion. Many times an opinion, while on paper may seem "spot on", it may not be an opinion that is substantiated by relevant experience. With that said, in the HSBBW scenarios, the experience of one poster may be geographical, talent driven, academically driven, or whatever, and it is important to flesh out what qualifies those opinions from all other perspectives. I guess if you want YOUR opinion included in a conversation, you should be prepared to have it argued. Since I was a kid I've always enjoyed reading the rebuttals to advice columns because they offered a conflicting POV, and that is where you learn the "big picture" that forms your own opinion.
Everyone wants to hear the "best-of" a scenario to satisfy their situation, but, to get opinions that are
not based on "potential reality", or a conflicting POV's, is not a complete "drilling" to find your answer.
JMO
and I'm open to conflicting opinions without holding a grudge against that poster, or taking it personally. It's easy to "blow-off" these "forum disputes" because we all have a similar passion, Baseball. Besides, I don't really know where anyone really lives