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Then you have to first be able to show any comments re: their appearance have been construed as facts as opposed to an opinion.
Good luck with that.
I think Spun Silver's got you on that one.
You said:
Wallylutz said:I'll be very frank, there are things that will count against them and I am not going to be PC about it:…
3) They are not good looking enough in the world of Ice Dance
On Point 3, maybe they will once they mature and become adults but at this point, the lack of a handsome man + attractive woman pairing can hurt your chance in the long run - yes, looks count for a great deal in Ice Dance no matter how wrong this may sound.
You have to admit that the tone of this post is rather along the lines of, “wake up, folks, here are the facts.”
Then in response to some “eye of the beholder" objections, you said:
wallyliyz said:Do you want a PC / Canned answer or do you want to know the truth?
Are you now saying that instead of “the truth” what you really meant was “my opinion?”
When pressed about the difference between fact and opinion you continued on with:
wallylutz said:If you are coming from the perspective of personal preference, then you are correct. Otherwise, you should know there are certain unwritten rules, mostly used by Soviet/Russians to discern and determine who should pair with who in Ice Dance. Given the Russians' influence and dominance on the sport of Ice Dance, many of these criteria such as height difference between partners and proportions, have been commonly used to assess the fit between partners. Also, you will note that in many of the criteria issued by ISU for Ice Dance, it contained a lot of references to the couple being well matched.
You can choose to look at this in very subjective and personal way, in which case, that's pageantry. Or, you can choose to learn about what are considered valued physical attributes in the sport of Ice Dance.
It sounds like you are making a pretty clear distinction between “the objective thruth about ice dance” and your opinion. Indeed, far from stating an opinion, you were lecturing us lesser mortals on the true objective reality of ice dance.
Well, you can refresh your memory by re-reading the Shibutani thread.
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