An Open Letter to the Forum - Re: Bruce Dorskin (suspended)

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Paul made an excellent point that Bruce is fighting an imaginary war. What he doesn't seem to grasp is that other people are not at war with him. The idea doesn't even cross their mind. To me the whole thing is silly.

I think it's "silly" that even you, have begun to refer to Bruce in the plural ("their mind".)


Edited to add: Who else is shocked that there were several "Bruce threads" going on at once yesterday and I didn't play?

[autograf]

me........

Bruce is tilting at windmills........

[Cat]

I think it is simple: Bruce wants the attention.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Cat

I think it is simple: Bruce wants the attention.

Bingo on this call. To me, there is no doubt in my mind, it's low self esteem and the need for attention. End of story.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

Who else is shocked that there were several "Bruce threads" going on at once yesterday and I didn't play?

I didn't play, either!

[barrysloate]

Jim- "their mind" referred back to "other people" in the sentence, not to Bruce. I still refer to him in the singular.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Jim- "their mind" referred back to "other people" in the sentence, not to Bruce. I still refer to him in the singular.

OK. I accept your explanation. It can be read the other way however!

[barrysloate]

Greg- somewhere in this long convoluted thread Bruce wished for Adam's demise. Please don't ask me to find it, but it's there. I find this kind of dialogue unacceptable, regardless of what provoked it. I've told this to Bruce by email but he just emails me back with the same horrid language. I give up. I would make greater headway banging my head against a brick wall.

[Steve D]

In a way, I feel sorry for Bruce. He could be so helpful to everyone if he'd just share some of his knowledge of cards. I mean heck, he was acknowledged by Lew Lipset in Volume 1 of Lew's Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards, for his contributions to it. How many other contributions has he made like that?

After seeing Bruce's post in the "What do you do?" thread, where he says the focus of his company is Corporate "Mergers and Acquisitions", I think back to Richard Gere's character in Pretty Woman, and his description of what he would normally do in one of his deals.....he's basically a cutthroat manipulator with blood in his eyes.

Unfortunately for Bruce, he just seems to not know when to turn it off. He doesn't know where the job ends and the hobby begins.

Very sad.

Steve

[Ladder7]

Perhaps we're taking his words out of context... Brucey may be Muslim and is simply not wanting Adam to miss out on his seventy two virgins... Before they're all gone.

[Rob D.]

In all fairness, Leon, I'm not sure it's right to leave this thread open and allow people to continually comment and take shots at Bruce when he's in a position in which he can't respond. He's been banned/suspended, so what purpose does more commentary serve?

[Fred]

From post # 10 of this thread - by Barry:

"Bruce has a beautiful collection, I've seen it many times. But he is unable to get along with the people on this board. I've tried countless times to get him to tone it down, to stop sending death threats, to stop talking down to everyone, even to make a tiny concession and stop using "we." But so far I've failed miserably."

Let' ban Barry for failing so miserably!!!

[mdschulze]

with my siblings. Push the other's buttons long enough until they snap and then watch them get in trouble for reacting!

Since I'm fairly new to the Board I don't know of the history here with Bruce. From what I've read, I haven't seen anyone step forward and say that Bruce has actually inflicted any physical harm on anyone, nor has anyone been the recipient of a contracted hit intiated by Bruce. What I have seen is basically some name calling and childish threats thrown around... similar to what you'd expect to find on a grade school playground. Are any one of you really in fear of bodily harm being administered to you by Bruce? If so, then maybe you should contact the police and let them handle it.

I recently contacted Bruce with a few questions on T206s. I explained to him that I was new to the hobby, had limited funds to purchase cards, and that I was buying raw instead of graded. Bruce responded within 30 minutes and never once condemned me to Hell for being an inferior collector. He was very informative, did not brag on his collection, and gave me a ton of info. If Bruce was truly a bad individual, I don't think he would have taken the time to respond the way he did.

Can't we all just get along???

[bluebirds]

The Mods have it all wrong!! Just threaten to suspend Bruce(s) permanently if he ever refers to himself in the plural. That's REAL torture!

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by mdschulze

Can't we all just get along???

Sure sounds like a gem of an idea…and a big step to getting along with folks is don’t threaten to sue them. Also calling them morons and talking down to them with an elitists attitude tends not to help let alone wishing their deaths...

Just a thought while we all get along..