Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tellab1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!ucdavis!ucbvax!decvax!bellcore!petrus!magic!nvc!sabre!zeta!epsilon!gamma!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!tellab1!barth From: barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Opinion vs. Fact, KT Bush, Gratefully dead, etc. Message-ID: <693@tellab1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 19:09:39 EST Article-I.D.: tellab1.693 Posted: Wed Nov 6 19:09:39 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 07:04:14 EST References: <1150@decwrl.UUCP> <262@mit-eddie.UUCP> Reply-To: barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) Followup-To: net Distribution: net Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, IL Lines: 30 Keywords: oh no, here he goes again. sigh... In article <262@mit-eddie.UUCP> nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) writes: >Didn't we already have this argument six months ago? The "fact" that >one plus one equals two is really just a matter of opinion too. A >"fact" is just an opinion that people believe in more strongly than >other opinions. Do I make a fool out of myself if I say that it is a >fact that one plus one equals two? If you claim that facts are anything >other than very strong opinions, then you are making a fool of yourself. > > [Seth:] >> Ok, she's [KB] a cross between Peter Gabriel and Pink Floyd, with a >> lot of her own style thrown in. My statement still stands, that she >> may be original, but not as radically original as you insist she is. > >By decaring this as a fact, rather than just your opinion, you are >making a fool of yourself, now aren't you? Maybe this type of discussion should be moved to net.philosophy.extremely. odd.and.silly.........or possibly net.bizarre. It really doesn't seem to be of interest to those looking for information/reviews/discussion of music. Barth Richards Tellabs, Inc. Lisle, IL "One night I came home and found that everything in my appartment had been stolen and replaced by an exact replica." -Steven Wright