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Posted By: Mike

In this thread the word "fear" appears as a reason some people lurk, or avoid getting involved. To me it has absolutely nothing to do with fear. I have been a minor poster for a year or so. Like most of you, I am very busy in my life. When I first got on board, I had several regular posters come after me. Questioning my knowledge and my legitimacy. "Who are you anyway?" "You probably don't even know who Burdick was". One of the dumbest things anyone has ever said to me. What kind of question is that anyway? And yes, i know who he was and what he has done for the hobby. I had several e mails sent to me, that were very critical and inflammatory when all i was trying to do was find out if the Polar Cuban cards were legit or not. Some very rude comments. My point is, some of us have been flying under the radar for years, and have as much or more knowledge than anyone in the forum. But somehow newbies are treated like they don't have a brain, or don't know the difference between Bombo Rivera and Buck Weaver. So fear has little to do with it. It has more to do with not wanting to waste time arguing, or dealing with people who have some sort of ax to grind. All I care about is learning more, making more contacts, and enlarging my collection. Pure and simple. I have no interest in talking politics, religion, in here. I have my own friends I can argue with. So lets try and be more civil in here. We will waste less time, and learn more.