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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

When did I say anything was a fact? What I post is my opinion and nothing but my opinion. It is only obvious if you read the reply was DR KAIN. Just like anything you post is YOUR opinion and anything CMIII posts is HIS opinion. I'm not going to put IMO every time I say something as that is redundant and I'm pretty sure you're smart and can understand the concept of what is opinion and fact.

"Stating an opinion as fact" doesn't always mean you literally say something and claim it is a fact. It also refers to making blanket statements like "Ra's is the most important Batman villain" without following it up with an explanation for why you feel that is true. By saying it that way, you make it sound as if it is a universal truth, which it is not. At least to some people.

And not everything we post is opinion, either. So assuming that it is opinion is also a logical fallacy.

I also don't expect anyone to add IMO or IMHO to everything they post - it would become quite tedious. But a generous portion of the "I" pronoun would help. "I think", "I feel", "I believe", etc. would go just as far as those oft-used initialisms to indicate you intend the statement to be taken as your opinion.

While I do consider myself smart enough to discern fact from opinion, I have absolutely no idea how the poster intended it to be read. I can only go by my understanding of the words and their context.

Also, forgive the grammar cop tangent. Just a quirk of mine, which I will gladly drop for the sake of the thread. PM me if you wish to discuss it further.

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I do agree about Lex. Why would you put him on a Batman rogue's list?

Because you can technically consider him a Batman villain (and a villain to the DCU as a whole, especially after that whole Presidency thing). Same thing applies to the Joker. The Harlequin has threatened more than just Gotham on occasion and has had run-ins with other super heroes, such as Superman. So technically you could have the Joker on a list of Superman villains.

Even Ra's al Ghul can be added to other rogues galleries, if we want to split hairs.

And after all this back-and-forth about Ra's, I still wouldn't mind getting a DCUC-style toy of him. I have absolutely no interest in the Movie Masters version from TDKR (not that I didn't like Neeson in the role, just don't like the figure).