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jammies · 10-28-2013, 02:10 PM

I find it interesting that a bunch of people on a message board with no qualifications on a subject can criticize a guy's opinion by saying he is unqualified to comment. How would you know? Either people without formal qualifications can form a defensible position on the subject, or they can't - if the former, then you can't argue his opinion is worthless because of who he is, and if the latter, you can't argue his opinion is worthless because of who *you* are.

10-28-2013, 02:10 PM	#69
jammies Basement Chicken Choker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants. Exp:	I find it interesting that a bunch of people on a message board with no qualifications on a subject can criticize a guy's opinion by saying he is unqualified to comment. How would you know? Either people without formal qualifications can form a defensible position on the subject, or they can't - if the former, then you can't argue his opinion is worthless because of who he is, and if the latter, you can't argue his opinion is worthless because of who you are. __________________ Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.