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barrysloateI just noticed this thread and since it relates to a point I made earlier, I thought I should comment.
Even though I am a dinosaur of sorts, I actually think that grading is a good thing. It is not a perfect model by any means, and there is much work that can be done to make it better, but in the end grading does far more to protect the hobby than it does to undermine it. I certainly wish it were more precise, I hate the thought that altered cards make it into slabs, and I detest the game of resubmitting cards until they get bumped up a grade. That alone tells me that the standards are far too inaccurate.
The original thrust of my thread, however, had to do solely with the great divide between slabbers and anti-slabbers. Why each side can't accept the other's point of view is what I found so amusing.