[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] edableshoe Take for example, music (sorry, it's my go-to subject.) Now, let's say for years, you've been listening to all of the popular music of today, all of the pop, and hip-hop, rap, and rock. So, you decide you want to critique, say, a Marchello Sonata. First off, anything found in even modern classical is widely different than Baroque style charts. Nonetheless, you think that, because you listen to a lot of music, that you know enough to critique this Sonata. You're wrong. Even if you had a small amount of music theory knowledge, unless you also had lessons in music history, and have studied music long enough, you wouldn't know that Marchello wrote the chart without any markings. You wouldn't know that he never placed a tempo on the piece, and that any copy you buy of this Sonata could very well be different than the more common copy, because the arranger you picked was not as well regarded. [/quote] Oh my Rachmaninoff, a music bro! >Marchello >not Marcello [quote]What we have today is the mistaking of false entitlement for rights. We have no right to claim validity to our opinions on something we know almost nothing about. [/quote] I agree completely. I really am not a believer in "I've paid for it, so my opinion is of paramount importance": if you don't know the way the cogs turn, you have no right to say they're going in the wrong direction. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hylebos It bothers me that in this day and age that you need to put opinion tags in an attempt to be politically correct. People should be able to say whatever they want, it should be up to the reader to decide what they agree and disagree with or what is fact and what is opinion.[/quote] /opinion [Edited on 11.19.2012 4:21 PM PST]