Posted By:
E, DanielJosh and Joann,
When you feel someone has insulted you, it goes something like this.
"Gee, you're a bit of an idiot"
"Well, you're an idiot AND ugly, whose got the worse end of the deal?"
People don't mirror eachothers disparagements, they feel the need to one up.
Joann, if you don't see the original text as arrogant and demeaning, then its because you feel a kinship to the statements themselves.
And if you're looking for kinder wording, how's this:
'I've always wondered, what makes people feel the need to buy cards in such high grade when the financial requirements are so incredibly demanding, and perhaps the physical differences can be so slight?'
Oh, yes. I know why such wording wasn't used. Because the answer to the question is one EVERY collector knows and understands, and what the questioner really wanted to do was disparage such collecting habits.
Don't know, doesn't seem hard to me.................