...which was nonsense.  What is a "definitional aspect" when it's at home, by the way?  Not all opinions have equal value, Doc.  Some are based on knowledge and some are based on experience, both useful bases.  However, some are based only on emotion and, as provocative and thoughtful as they may sound, they have less intrinsic value to the public at large, revealing, as they do, more about the holder of the opinion than the issue at hand.