[Harp-L] re: IMO



Smokey-Joe wrote:

"No one should have to add IMO to anything on this list. IMO is assumed. Even if someone is quoting someone else. that 'other' person should be assumed as IMO also. Even if you have proof, it's STILL IMO. Why? Because things that had heretofore been accepted as fact have been proven wrong later. Sooo, the safest thing is: EVERYTHING is IMO."

I disagree. If you write a definitive statement, it should be taken as such. Otherwise, add a caveat. Moreover, some things are actually true and not an opinion. That the harmonica is a free-reed musical instrument is a fact, not an opinion. That the Marine Band is the best harmonica is an opinion. Communication is much more effective when people make these things clear rather than the opposite. That way it was clear what jazzmaan meant: he was trying to make a definitive statement, not one of opinion. If that hadn't been his intent, then he would have said so.




()() JR "Bulldogge" Ross () () & Snuffy, too:) `----'







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