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Qualified to judge
Oct. 13th, 2006 10:35 pmThe only thing one needs to be "qualified" to have an opinion or make a judgment on anything under the sun is a working brain that one is using at the time.
A working brain, you see, is the only equipment you need to find the materials to make an informed judgment, and the one piece of equipment that will enable you to change your opinion if later evidence suggests doing so.
You do not need to be a part of the group/practice/whatever the judgment involves, you do not need to show a membership card, you do not need to preface your opinions with a lawyer's worth of disclaimers explaining how insignificant it is. You just need to be using your brain with a will.
I, or anyone else, may still think your judgment is wrong and your opinion asinine. But you are damn well qualified to have them; don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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A working brain, you see, is the only equipment you need to find the materials to make an informed judgment, and the one piece of equipment that will enable you to change your opinion if later evidence suggests doing so.
You do not need to be a part of the group/practice/whatever the judgment involves, you do not need to show a membership card, you do not need to preface your opinions with a lawyer's worth of disclaimers explaining how insignificant it is. You just need to be using your brain with a will.
I, or anyone else, may still think your judgment is wrong and your opinion asinine. But you are damn well qualified to have them; don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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