Its a fine line honestly. Everyone is going to have their own opinion on what the two are.
Opinion to me is I don't like Carina because of X and Y. That is your opinion and someone might point out the errors of X and Y and you still hold that opinion. Someone once asked me their opinion of a singer and I said I did't like her...they said why...and I said you know...once I hit 40 I came of the opinion that I didn't have to have a specific reason I just don't like her. Personally if someone came out and said that didn't like Carina (or Mary, Maxima, Letizia, Camilla, etc.) because they just didn't, I would say okay. And it would be okay to me becase no matter what I say in her defence.....I really don't think their opinion will change?
To me Judgement is making a decision on facts. But what if the facts are skewed? What if someone presents certain facts that a certain to give a certain judgement in either a negative or positive way?
I don't think its fair to compare your examples because the color of a dress (can be viewed by someone who doesn't have a color monitor, is color blind, etc.). Let's face it...we here at the TRF are always making opinions, statement and judgements without knowing all the facts. The Royal families around the world are going to tell us the basics and not the personal pertinent information that we (as royal watchers) are dying to know.
Here is my take on Carina....and I will admit I dont' follow her as frequently as I follow other royals.
Based on the pictures and facts alone, yes it does look shady that her sister's husband died and a couple of hours later she was smiling for the cameras at a banquet half way around the world.
But here's a couple of things I dont know. I don't know if she spoke to her sister before the tragedy (heck if she speaks to her sister on a regular). For all we know...she speaks to her sister everyday since the tragedy and her sister told her to just come to the funeral. And she might have an extended stay with her family following the funeral. Within the last year I recently loss one of my sisters (who was 38) to an unexpected death, yet even with that in mind, another one of my sisters and I aren't speaking over something that is totally STUPID. I am woman enough to admit its dumb and she is woman enough to admit that is stupid, but we wont' admit it to each other
yet I do know that if my sister called me because of a unexpected illness and/or death, I would drop every thing in a second and be at her side. And I know she would do the same for me. But I don't know Carina or her relationship with her sister.
I do know if she shuns her family events because she likes the glitz and glamour of Gusav's life than she is pretty shallow and I don't have time for people like that. ... (remainder snipped.)