2010 Wishes

[Epps]

1915 Zeenut McMullin with tab

[slidekellyslide]

Bruce, as I've said before if you can't be man enough to say the same things in this forum that you send me in emails or PM's then keep your racist trash out of my inbox.

[SethY]

I in no way want to insert myself into this situation, argument, or whatever you might call it but the fact that someone is worried about racism online, especially a hobby board worries me. Elitism is a problem; to those who need to feel better: most people truly don't care about others who attempt to "show off" and prove their "superiority" through their material possessions. Can't we all just get along? As cliche as it sounds this is a place to talk about the hobby and enjoy ourselves, not to be racist and hatred to those you do not even know. I am a 17 year old and seem to know better than some on this board, who are relentless in their worthless causes. Whatever this argument is, no one will actually "win" except the website and community as a whole when it comes to an end. I am not calling out anyone in specific and have no grudges because I do not know the details of the argument. Despite this, I can tell that there is a problem and it bothers me that it is getting in the way of hobby conversation and cluttering the boards.

To whoever you are and whoever you may be in the future, grow up, this is no place to prove you are better, stronger, richer, tougher, etc. than someone else.

Thanks all.

Happy Chanukah (I'm celebrating!), Christmas, Kwanza, and holiday season to all!!

Seth

[barrysloate]

Dan, did you get one of these friendly emails in the last hour?

[tbob]

1. The missing color variations I need in the E94
2. 1911 Zeenuts Arlett, Fullerton, Halla, Heitmuller, Lindsay, Ryan SF, Smith SF.
3. E98 red background Cobb
4. T205 Hoblitzell no stats on back
5. A DVD of "It's A Wonderful Life" to be forwarded to the board member (for immediate viewing) who doesn't believe that George Bailey is truly the richest man in town, even though many others have more money

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Dan, did you get one of these friendly emails in the last hour?

Yep. One wonders what the message would have read if my interests lied in collecting the Negro Leagues or Jewish players??

[quinnsryche]

Originally Posted by SethY

I in no way want to insert myself into this situation, argument, or whatever you might call it but the fact that someone is worried about racism online, especially a hobby board worries me. Elitism is a problem; to those who need to feel better: most people truly don't care about others who attempt to "show off" and prove their "superiority" through their material possessions. Can't we all just get along? As cliche as it sounds this is a place to talk about the hobby and enjoy ourselves, not to be racist and hatred to those you do not even know. I am a 17 year old and seem to know better than some on this board, who are relentless in their worthless causes. Whatever this argument is, no one will actually "win" except the website and community as a whole when it comes to an end. I am not calling out anyone in specific and have no grudges because I do not know the details of the argument. Despite this, I can tell that there is a problem and it bothers me that it is getting in the way of hobby conversation and cluttering the boards.

To whoever you are and whoever you may be in the future, grow up, this is no place to prove you are better, stronger, richer, tougher, etc. than someone else.

Thanks all.

Happy Chanukah (I'm celebrating!), Christmas, Kwanza, and holiday season to all!!

Seth

Well put Seth. Stop the babyish bickering and just talk about cards, that's why we are all here in the first place.

[Jim VB]

David,

It's not worth it. Don't dredge up old fights. I've probably had two other disputes with Bruce since this one.


To Bruce I would add:

You said: "And we choose to write in the second person...if that bothers someone, so be it."

No. You don't write in the second person. Writing in the second person DOESN'T mean that you pretend there is another person there with you. You write in the first person plural. That's very different (and weird.)


I thought they taught that kind of stuff at first rate, Ivy League, schools.

[barrysloate]

It's "weird" Jim. Thank you.

[Leon]

I rarely ask folks to say, or not say, anything on the board. That being said I don't think it was necessary to bring back an argumentative thread from 3 weeks ago. Just my 2.5 cents.....

[rman444]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

It's "weird" Jim. Thank you.

Barry - you forgot the comma.

Should be:

It's "weird," Jim.

Unless you think Jim is weird, which would be ok, I guess.

Sorry, couldn't resist

[David R]

For 2010, I hope that Bruce stops posting such arrogant, inflammatory threads and, if he can't, just stop posting altogether.

Once again Dan is drawing an improper conclusion.

We instructed him to stop lying about us We also suggested that there are
some Nebraska Indians who might be interested in his scalp.
That is hardly racism. Rather it is appropriate response to his commentary

The truth is that we have one of the best Negro League collections
in the country. We have donated several pieces to the Negro League museum and plan to leave our Negro League collection to that museum

We don't see why a baseball card post gravitates to this low level of
stupidity. It is clearly the work of a group of irrelevant folks with nothing better to do.

If the posts stick to baseball, then we will share our knowledge.
If they attack for no reason other than hate, you can be assured that we will respond in kind.

Bruce

[slidekellyslide]

Stop posting your arrogant crap and maybe these posts wouldn't devolve the way they do. They do you a great disservice and I'm not sure why you continue the way you do. Google "Bruce Dorskind" and I'm sure you'll find the third entry to be quite embarrassing. For all eternity on the internet when someone googles your name they are not going to find "Ivy league graduate" or "one of the finest collections of baseball memorabilia extant", they're going to see that NY Daily News blog post and think "Wow! That Bruce Dorskind sure was a sociopath". Congratulations.

[JDGball]

My top 5 would be
T206 Luther Taylor Carolina Brights, Drum, Broadleaf, American Beauty
E91 Luther Taylor
C46 Luther Taylor
1905 Fan Craze Taylor
Taylor photo W600, 1905 Rotograph, 1908 Rose

2010, I am going Taylor craze

We have picked up a great deal of new business in the last
three months. We're quite sure that said, many new clients Googled us

In fact two of them asked about the Daily News post.

We told them it was an appropriate response to several idiots
whose very presence was a waste of oxygen.

Go back to reservation where you where you and family belong.

We are done with you and responding to a post that simply asked what was on your wish list for 2010.

[barrysloate]

Bruce- your posts are crossing the line to what is acceptable. Please tone it down (and no private emails, thank you).

[DJR]

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[Kawika]

Careful, man. They fight arrows with missiles.