Sad News: Bruce Dorskind Died

[David Atkatz]

Don't worry. It comes to us all.

[slidekellyslide]

I'm sure Bruce is smiling wherever he is now that this thread has gone negative.

[David Atkatz]

"The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones."

[Cardboard Junkie]

"Bruce the Cleanser"

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I'm sure Bruce is smiling wherever he is now that this thread has gone negative.

I don't know. Barry made a good effort and I think most of us took something positive away from the interaction in this thread. I will still buy David a beer when we someday meet. I have to believe he's generally smiling when he types this stuff.

[David Atkatz]

You're on, Scott. Perhaps next summer in Cleveland.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I don't know. Barry made a good effort and I think most of us took something positive away from the interaction in this thread. I will still buy David a beer when we someday meet. I have to believe he's generally smiling when he types this stuff.

And I will buy you one too my friend. Dave. (Guiness, perhaps?)

[Ejm1]

Never met Bruce but he did tell me in an email or a post (can't remember) that I was not worthy of scrubbing his toilets. I loved it. I feel Bruce talked the talk because he had what I call "The bravery of being out of range." I feel he would never say anything in person to anyone he had a disagreement with because he was a gutless turd. RIP Bruce.

Looking for 1988 Donruss PSA 4 or higher.

Eric Miller

[Eric72]

Comparing Bruce and Adrian is an apples to oranges proposition, in my humble opinion.

Just my two cents.

Best Regards,

Eric

[Runscott]

Eric, there are plenty here who agree with you, but...

These 'out of range' internet guys do actually meet up with their nemeses from time to time. It is almost always a friendly event. The rare occasions when the two meet face-to-face and both still desire to carry their internet battle into reality, are very sad. I've only heard of three cases where it happened and two of the three involved jail-time. Those two were both at conventions. Happily for our hobby, one of them was a different hobby, but the internet venom was just as potent. On the third occasion one of the two would not bite. The event was caught on film and and has entertained others in the hobby (not ours) for over a year, much to the embarrassment of the guy with too much testosterone.

Based on what those who knew Bruce in person have said here (and I have plenty of respect for all of them), I'm guessing he would have been friendly in person, even if you were on the bad end of his internet persona.

[cyseymour]

What I find frustrating is that it seems that a lot of people here got hate emails from Bruce, but he never sent me one hate mail. Was I not important enough?

In fact, I have never received a hate mail from anyone on this board in spite of the fact that I tease people relentlessly. What am I doing wrong?

Not a single person on the entire board has said that they'd like to sodomize my wife. I'm not married, but if I were, I'd imagine there'd be a few people who ought to be interested.

Maybe it is a case of "be careful what you wish for". But I am just trying to stay relevant here... where's a good insult when you need one? Somebody help me out here!