Sunday, September 6, 2009

THE "TAYTAYAN CONTROVERSY"

The Notion of Opinions and Facts

This is Carla Jerezon's essay for the first unit test of the second quarter (the best answer submitted). It is simple and short but is the enduring understanding everyone must have learned about the unit. Her essay is composed of paragraphs developed by comparison and contrast, point by point type.

Opinion is always different from fact. Opinion is a notion of a single person; fact is a notion of everybody. Opinion may be true to a person; fact is always true to a person. Opinion is always backed-up with evidences; fact is an evidence per se. That is why opinion is always distinguisahable from fact.

Opinion is always different from fact. It is by this very fact that I have come to accept and forget the message of the letter sent to Taytayan. The letter is only the opinion of a concerned citizen in this municipality; it is not the opinion of everybody. It may be true to that citizen; it is not always true to evrybody. It may be backed-up with evidences; it doesn't make its general idea an evidence. The letter, therefore, is an opinion that can be considered true to someone, but is not true to me. So, why should I be bothered?

Opinion is always different from fact. The idea that was stated in the letter is the notion of the sender, not the notion of everybody. It may be true to some, but it is not true to all. It may have all the evidences to prove that the idea is correct, but it doesn't make it true. That is why I have come to accept and forget the message of the letter. It's not a problem with me at all.

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