BT Telegraph Pole Erected Outside Property!

bigisi

Also seems very odd to drag up a nearly 18 month old thread just to post an incorrect opinion on things.

agrinnall

bigisi wrote: »

Also seems very odd to drag up a nearly 18 month old thread just to post an incorrect opinion on things.

And to sign up just to do it!

Hermione_Granger

bigisi wrote: »

Also seems very odd to drag up a nearly 18 month old thread just to post an incorrect opinion on things.

How can someone have an incorrect opinion?

You might not agree with their opinion but that doesn't mean that theirs is wrong and yours is correct.
Opinions are not right or wrong, simply the viewpoint of someone.

If you drink tea and in your opinion, coffee is awful but I'm the opposite and like coffee, does this mean that your opinion is incorrect?

lincroft1710

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

How can someone have an incorrect opinion?

If it is based on incorrect information.

Hermione_Granger

lincroft1710 wrote: »

If it is based on incorrect information.

But that still doesn't make an opinion incorrect.
An opinion is simply how someone feels about something and as such, can't be right or wrong.

lincroft1710

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

But that still doesn't make an opinion incorrect.
An opinion is simply how someone feels about something and as such, can't be right or wrong.

So if you read a report that Fred Bloggs had donated £1,000,000 to a certain charity, your opinion would probably be that Fred was a very generous man. However if it transpired that the actuality was that Fred had stolen £1,000,000 from the charity, then I would suggest that your opinion was incorrect.

Deastons

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

The OP could resolve the issue if they wish by purchasing the whole street and making a private one then charging BT ground rental for the pole and this would then keep them happy.

Although he'd also have to buy the fields, hills, farmhouses, trees, lakes etc. or whatever else creates the 'view' that he apparently feels he has some legal right to enjoy.

Deastons

lincroft1710 wrote: »

So if you read a report that Fred Bloggs had donated £1,000,000 to a certain charity, your opinion would probably be that Fred was a very generous man. However if it transpired that the actuality was that Fred had stolen £1,000,000 from the charity, then I would suggest that your opinion was incorrect.

No, it was the report that was incorrect, for saying that Fred donated the money whereas he actually stole it.

lincroft1710

Deastons wrote: »

No, it was the report that was incorrect, for saying that Fred donated the money whereas he actually stole it.

But as your opinion was based on the report it would follow your opinion was incorrect. Opinions are often based on information, if the information was incorrect, the opinion will be incorrect.

Hermione_Granger

lincroft1710 wrote: »

But as your opinion was based on the report it would follow your opinion was incorrect. Opinions are often based on information, if the information was incorrect, the opinion will be incorrect.

As you say, opinions are often based on information but often doesn't mean always.
If the information was incorrect, the opinion may be different but then again, it might still be the same especially if someone's opinion wasn't based solely on that information.