Bias or Opinion?

[Crocoshark]

No, I don't think opinions have to be inherently biased. Different people perceive different facts or have different interpretations of observed situations. It is not necessary for those opinions to be coloured by a priori assumptions, which is what bias is.

Ah, I was using a much broader definition of "bias". Also, absent of an example of what brought on this discussion I was thinking of opinions of movies, which are often effected by everything from nostalgia to one's personal interest in a certain theme or how much they relate to a character, all of which fell under my broad definition of bias.

I know you didn't want to bring up the thread that inspired this but I went to your post history and looked up the discussion you were talking about. I see you were talking about having opinions without having any particular desire/agenda toward that opinion, and in that context I totally agree.