> you made a conclusion about the meaning of the word bias,
From a dictionary.
> I was showing you how people on your side of the patent debate use the word, since you were on the, shall we say, receiving end of it this time.
No. You were burning down straw men.
> I was, in a sense, agreeing with you, and asking you to recognize that bias does not mean lacking in credibility.
It does, in fact, hurt credibility to be biased. When it stops being an opinion accompanied by honest reporting and becomes manipulation (be it deliberate or not) is usually where we start calling it bias.
> Hope that makes it more clear!
I have no idea what you are talking about. I can only assume this is part of some larger conversation you are having with everyone at once and no one in particular.
From a dictionary.
> I was showing you how people on your side of the patent debate use the word, since you were on the, shall we say, receiving end of it this time.
No. You were burning down straw men.
> I was, in a sense, agreeing with you, and asking you to recognize that bias does not mean lacking in credibility.
It does, in fact, hurt credibility to be biased. When it stops being an opinion accompanied by honest reporting and becomes manipulation (be it deliberate or not) is usually where we start calling it bias.
> Hope that makes it more clear!
I have no idea what you are talking about. I can only assume this is part of some larger conversation you are having with everyone at once and no one in particular.