Advice on Luger purchase requested

John D. · 09-12-2002, 01:13 AM

[quote]Originally posted by MauserLugers:
<strong>....I know do not feel or act higher or better than anyone. They are willing to share information, but instead of welcoming them and accepting them, they are questioned....</strong><hr></blockquote>

Now - I want to respond to your post.....

I believe you are wrong.

I presume I am a collector. I have a collection worth tens of thousands of dollars. Maybe more. I DO share my information - and have spent tens of thousands of dollars accumulating that information.

FOR THAT - I STILL do not feel the need to belittle ANYONE on their initial quest for information - whether they are a newcomer, or are NOT a collector. If they are passionate about the hobby - then they have a right to know.

IMNSHO - Who frigging cares if a person is an "expert"? If they can't share their knowledge without belittling the person making the request - they are less a gentleman, then a collector. Are they different then a new collector who may be them, given their resources? No. Should they be held "above" the rest of us? No. If they can't share their knowledge without belittling the new-comer, are they "above" us? No. In fact - my view is that this is a hobby where we all learn from each other. When that is a perverse avocation, rather then intellectual exchanges - then we all lose. Not what it is - but rather, what the knowledge might become. Which is the format of this forum.

To those that don't understand that facet of collecting - then I expect they will, indeed - go away - as there is no challenge to learn. Rather, they will believe they are the teachers, rather then the students - and have nothing more to learn. That ideogram is directly contrary to what this Forum is all about.

John D.

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09-12-2002, 01:13 AM	#20
John D. Administrator & Site Owner LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A Little NE of Somewhere... Posts: 2,651 Thanks: 478 Thanked 517 Times in 129 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by MauserLugers: <strong>....I know do not feel or act higher or better than anyone. They are willing to share information, but instead of welcoming them and accepting them, they are questioned....</strong><hr></blockquote> Now - I want to respond to your post..... I believe you are wrong. I presume I am a collector. I have a collection worth tens of thousands of dollars. Maybe more. I DO share my information - and have spent tens of thousands of dollars accumulating that information. FOR THAT - I STILL do not feel the need to belittle ANYONE on their initial quest for information - whether they are a newcomer, or are NOT a collector. If they are passionate about the hobby - then they have a right to know. IMNSHO - Who frigging cares if a person is an "expert"? If they can't share their knowledge without belittling the person making the request - they are less a gentleman, then a collector. Are they different then a new collector who may be them, given their resources? No. Should they be held "above" the rest of us? No. If they can't share their knowledge without belittling the new-comer, are they "above" us? No. In fact - my view is that this is a hobby where we all learn from each other. When that is a perverse avocation, rather then intellectual exchanges - then we all lose. Not what it is - but rather, what the knowledge might become. Which is the format of this forum. To those that don't understand that facet of collecting - then I expect they will, indeed - go away - as there is no challenge to learn. Rather, they will believe they are the teachers, rather then the students - and have nothing more to learn. That ideogram is directly contrary to what this Forum is all about. John D.