[Harp-L] re: IMO

[Jonathan Ross <jross38@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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