I use qualifications on a regular basis. I dislike talking in absolutes, feeling that it's better to clarify statements instead of using ambiguous and overly strong language.

For example, I'm far more likely to phrase a qualified statement like 'I think that Belle and Sebastian are a great band' as opposed to 'Belle and Sebastian are a great band'. The qualifying addition of 'I think' separates my point of view from fact, useful for a subjective music appreciation opinion.

Second on my list of qualifications I like is the qualified majority. When democratic decisions need to be made, a solution is to open the floor to let people vote directly on the matter at hand. However it might not be best to allow the highest-voted result to win as a simple majority. After all, with two options this might get as low as 51% approval. A lot of people would still dislike it.

So here's where a qualified majority comes in. This requires a voting option to reach a certain percentage before it gets carried out. This way, with a qualified majority of 66% the opinion of two-thirds of the voters gets represented.

This also means, for example, that a change to the system only comes about if the voters really want it. This is useful since committing to such a change can take time and money. You likely wouldn't want to put drastic reforms in place to please only 51% of the population.

I'm also proud of my academic qualifications. If you want to look at those they're here. I think they're probably less interesting to you than they are to me, though.