Ending an argument by saying things like "we just have different opinions" or "you have no room for any opinion but yours" is simply a way to avoid taking responsibiliity for finding out the truth.

tallbladeofgrass: so my printer has separate cartridges for each color--black, magenta, cyan, and yellow
tallbladeofgrass: each is the same size
tallbladeofgrass: however, the black one costs twice as much as each color one
tallbladeofgrass: *shakes fist*
MightyBobX: er, aim must have had an error: can you send that again. all i can see is "waaah waaah waaaaaaah"

"Suetonius, a typically upper-class Roman, is clearly appalled by Nero's exhibitionism and regales his readers with tales of chariot races in which Nero falls out of his chariot (but is still awarded first prize) and musical contests in which members of the audience pretend to be dead so that they can be carried out while the emperor is playing"
- Charles Freeman, The Closing of the Western Mind