Facts vs opinions

Sigvald Grøsfjeld jr. sigvald at duckburg.dk
Fri May 9 02:44:31 CEST 2003


Hi all!

Here at DCML I have often been criticized for presenting my interpretings
and opinions as facts. Most of that criticism is well deserved I guess.
However I have a growing feeling that I am being treated different from
other people who is acting the same way. I therefore find it necessary to
give an example where another person IMO is acting the same way as I often
do. I am *not* saying that this is in any way typical for this person, and
nothing here is intended for offending anyone.

Recently Cord Wiljes wrote:
> And since we already have a DELLa Duck I also
> propose:... Egmont McDuck: Scrooges twin,
> hatched from the same egg...

Here Mr. Wiljes IMO presents a certain point of view (the view of Marco Rota
and others) as a *fact*, not as a *theory* nor as a personal
*interpretation* or an *opinion*. Even so, nobody here has criticized Mr.
Wiljes for this way of arguing, while my name has been mentioned several
times during the following debate – as if some people have more right to be
"categorical" in their arguing than others.

Sigvald :-)


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