# We can't state opinions as fact?

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**Created:** [December 20, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-cant-state-opinions-as-fact/564868 "2010-12-20T20:03:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-cant-state-opinions-as-fact/564868/122 "2010-12-21T16:16:59Z")

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> [@Sparky812](#):
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> Sure there is!  
> It’s been on the SD Network since Oct. 2002 and headed into it’s 9th season.  
> Although it has terrible ratings with the general audience, it has garnered an almost cult-like following with other faithful viewers who enjoy it for it’s sheer entertainment value.  
> While it is primarily an extremely dramatic series weaving through an ongoing dream-like saga, there are many episodes which provide a great deal of satire, irony, and even comic relief.  
> There are rumors circulating the intertubes that the viewership are unhappy with the direction the show has taken in the last few seasons and are petitioning the sole writer (literally, as we speak!) to reconsider his plans for the show! 😃

Perhaps we need a new forum(channel) dedicated to all the threads that have been **Dioized**

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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-cant-state-opinions-as-fact/564868/123 "2010-12-21T16:22:52Z")

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> [@billfish678](#):
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> I’ve actually thought of pulling just that. But I am sure I would be banned toot sweet. I mean, I have little doubt that I unitentionally pull a Dio “lite” once in a great awhile (and many other posters here for that matter), but I don’t think I do it regularly or at the industrial strength level.

The one time I did, I got mod-noted\* (and, to be fair, so did Dio).

\*Or mod-remindered, or mod-requested or whatever

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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-cant-state-opinions-as-fact/564868/124 "2010-12-21T16:26:38Z")

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> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#):
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> “I didn’t want the hassle of touring”  
> read, " touring won’t help my career"

The Beatles quit touring around 1966.

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> “I re-dedicated myself to Islam so music isn’t as important’  
> read, " my career wasn’t going anywhere anyway”

Cat Stevens was at the peak of his career when he did just that.

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> Nothing you posted qualifies as a superior counterpoint to **Dio’s** assertion.

Unless, of course, you’re interested in facts.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-cant-state-opinions-as-fact/564868/125 "2010-12-21T16:27:10Z")

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Mod intervention: OK, this has gone WAY beyond the OP and has become a sort of dump-on thread. That’s not appropriate for this forum. Closing down…

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