I've sat on a slew of juries and testified as a witness in a bunch of courts-martial and trials. One not-to-be-forgotten consideration is the crucial distinction between two drastically different meanings of the carelessly thrown-around word opinion.
Not whether I thought that the defendant should pay for the plaintiff's lost eye, for example, but what I thought that the presented evidence indicated. A moral opinion versus a legal or technical opinion, if you will.
Mountain of difference.
� the truth is in the eye of public opinion. End of story. �
Not so.
The earth was round long before there was any public acceptance of the notion that it wasn't flat.
Facts are facts, impervious to opinions public or private.
"Good enough" isn't.
Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.
