The rules are always available at http://pkmn.net/rules
0 Members, Big Brother and 5 Guests are viewing this topic.
^ It doesn't matter if you have more knowledge on something; sure, it could help towards it, but it doesn't make an opinion or post better. I was brought up listening to a variety of music, hence why I listen to a variety of music. That doesn't mean that I have a better opinion on music though. Backing up an opinion is fine, but implying that yours is better isn't. I know you've said that you aren't saying it, but that's how it came across.
I used to think that having deep knowledge of Classical music terms and Opera music skills made me any better than the average Pop listener, but how wrong I was. It is, as Webbz says, what helps you to understand music better, and the skills, history, and whatnot behind it, but after all, it is an opinion, and not fact in any way.
It is just like food. It may be an expert making a dish compared to a street seller making simple fare, and the gourmet will probably like the expert, and the average citizen the street seller, but they both most likely won't like the other because they are just enjoying what they like in the end, and neither of their tastes and opinions on the dishes are more or less valid, regardless of how "experienced" or "in-depth understood" the gourmet is, or how "shallow" and "thoughtless" the average citizen is.
maybe by ingrid michaelson