12-12-2010, 09:30 AM
Quote:This is approaching absurdity. It's easy to mark something as opinion - you say (in a variety of ways) "this is my opinion". I don't think there necessarily must be problem discerning what would be opinion from what would be (submitted as) fact. Why does something submitted as fact, have to be re-interpreted as opinion? Is there some shortcoming of language that prohibits a qualification of this type? Of course not.The other day. A friend told me she was upset because some guy she knows said something. I tried to explain how what he meant wasn't intended to hurt her feelings. She told me (And I quote loosely) "Shut up you typical man... unit. Female shows problem, female is asking for emotional support. Male tries to explain things and solve problems... Female bored...." So I retried with "Those situations suck don't they?" And she responded "Getting there.. Better but needs work..."
This isn't much different. That you and Ashim are both males does not mean you both speak the same language. You heard "There is a truth that I know that indicates a lot more than 3 objects are approaching" while Ashim said something much more along the lines of "I think that's a gross understatement" while failing to note from which perspective he was speaking.
But then again this happens all the time, our own expectations of what the other is saying fill out the details to the point where we call their positions absurd rather than concluding we must have misunderstood.