[78-L] tolerance

[Julian Vein]

buster wrote:
> This group, by definition, is composed of a higher than average number  
> of "eccentrics." That's what we record collectors are, to ourselves at  
> least, as has recently been discussed. Outsiders are less kind, often  
> (seen "Ghost World" or "American Splendor"?  78 collectors are  
> pitiable freaks and outcasts).  We have bombastic pontificators,  
> tightwads, endless repeaters, egotists, antisocial hermits, whiners,  
> and who knows what else.  I mean, fergawdsakes, if you need any  
> evidence just look at Leah's trailer, or go to an ARSC event.
> 
> But when somebody needs an obscure matrix number, it's here too. We  
> put up with one to get the other, or at least we'd like to hope so.
> 
> So if a member is eccentric here in this hopefully safe environment,  
> how about a little tolerance, instead of dickishness?  If nothing  
> else, it requires fewer keystrokes to hit the delete key than to  
> insult someone personally, at length and in public.
> 
> -- Buster
> Busterdog at mac.com
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I like to think we don't taking our collecting too seriously compared 
with, say, stamp and coin collectors. At least our interest goes beyond 
the artifact, and embraces the musicians and artists who created the 
performances contained thereon.

In other words, we are "flesh-and-blood" collectors. Stamp and coin 
collectors interests rarely go beyond the artifacts themselves, except 
for who was king at the time. Apart from film, I can't think of any 
other collecting hobby that involves living, breathing performances. 
This probably makes us more rounded characters.

The only advantage stamp collecting has over record collecting is that 
it involves less shlepping!

      Julian Vein


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