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boxingcardmanRick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.
[aloud]
Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!
The panic-mongers in general are overstating the case for their own selfish reasons, whether they are political, pragmatic or simply malicious fun. As far as the motivation behind this thread, methinks the Dorskind Group dost protest too much. Actions speak volumes. He runs "In these tough economic times, cash is king. A great depression is just around the corner" as an advertisement one day and then posts a discussion about the "Hobby Panic in 2009" the next? Puh-leese, if that course of conduct was any more transparently self-serving it would be made of saran wrap. Besides, savvy operator that he is, if Bruce really believed that a great depression was imminent, then he would know that cards would continue to decline in value and he would be waiting for the other shoe to drop before offering to buy more cards.
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