Comments on: Opinions Are Every Bit as Important

By: Training An Older Dog

Training An Older Dog — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:38:59 +0000

I have to wonder…if we don't use whatever available means to express our opinions (websites, forums, comments, etc), aren't we just stifling our own voices and letting things be dictated by those who pipe up the loudest?

By: Training An Older Dog

Training An Older Dog — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:38:59 +0000

By: Bill Cammack

Bill Cammack — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:53:07 +0000

Interesting points, Chris. People are afraid to give opinions because that takes your blog from the OBjective to the SUBjective. All of a sudden, you have to stand or fall on what you actually think, which most people aren’t willing to do because they lack confidence in their own conclusions.

This is why so many blogs only report what happened with blockquotes from the original post. It’s kind of like the television news. They want credit for bringing the information to the people, but they want to seem “neutral” to the topic.

This is how we miss out on A LOT of good discussions.

By: Bill Cammack

Bill Cammack — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:53:00 +0000

This is how we miss out on A LOT of good discussions.

By: Terra Andersen

Terra Andersen — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:40:09 +0000

I think hearing/reading an array of opinions is wonderful, and imperative. Perhaps we won’t agree with everything we encounter, but it’s the ideal of taking a step outside of ourselves and seeing the world through someone else’s eyes that makes it okay.

However, simply going along with other’s opinions based on who they are or what they do is no good. The day we stop reasoning and thinking for ourselves is the day we stop living. We all have different situations and life experiences that make up our opinions and why we think the way we do, and each one is relevant… no matter how far-fetched it may seem.

By: Terra Andersen

Terra Andersen — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:40:00 +0000

By: Bill Tamminga

Bill Tamminga — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:50:00 +0000

First things first: I’m not trying to make anyone mad.

But… I just got to read this post and almost everyone sounds like a follower. Did I really only count two people who disagreed – and then only slightly? What’s the phrase? Oh yeah, “like sheep to the slaughter”.

Did anyone read Peter’s original post? He advocates citing facts and using common sense rather than just throwing something out there for the sake of filling space on a blog. He didn’t feel knowledgeable enough to write about commercials, so he didn’t do it. Sounds like good judgment to me.

Again, not trying to make anyone mad, but come on guys. Don’t drink too much of the Kool-Aid.

By: Bill Tamminga

Bill Tamminga — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:50:00 +0000

First things first: I’m not trying to make anyone mad.

Again, not trying to make anyone mad, but come on guys. Don’t drink too much of the Kool-Aid.

By: Adriel Hampton

Adriel Hampton — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:38:00 +0000

Bill Rice, right on! Great discussion here. Isn’t that what opinion produces, a discussion that leads to better-formulated thoughts and actions. As a student of rhetoric, dialectic is fine by me!
(I do wish that less people believed hogwash presented as “fact.” Opinion is not the problem in the U.S.)

By: Adriel Hampton

Adriel Hampton — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:38:00 +0000