however well-meaning the intentions, the commentary below is indeed
self-indulgent and naive.
however, as i would so like to believe the comments were well-
meaning, perhaps it's time to show some charity to mal by moving on.
On Jul 24, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Dave Carothers wrote:
Mal,
I must say that I'm somewhat disappointed in the arrogant and
condescending comments you made on the list.
Dave Carothers
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Subject: [IMCA] A Feeling Of Shame
Dear list members,
I must say I'm somewhat disappointed in the reception/ turn-out
thus far as related to the number of people on this list who have
reached out and made some sort of gesture of goodwill by donating
something, anything, to help a fellow community member who has
REALLY undergone a horrible ordeal and still is in the midst of it
-- not to mention what his wife, CJ, and other family members are
having to deal with! Where are all of the 'BIG' dealers, all of
the truly well fortuned collectors who have SO much that to offer
up a single piece from their vaults of space treasure would be of
little, if any noticeable, loss to them! Take a moment and each
one of you think what it would be like if it were you in Gary's
position? How would you then feel about your treasures compared to
what dark, and foreboding place you now find yourself in. I'll be
outright honest, I feel sort of ashamed to be associated with a
community that apparently doesn't mind trying to always acquire
more and more personal bounty from space, but are maybe just a
little too reticent in giving up something, make a sacrifice to
help a fellow 'kinsman' with the vary same passions and desires --
at least he did at one time until something much more important
stepped in its place to unveil some truth of the duality of life.
There is fortune and good, and then there is much suffering, loss,
and indescribable pain and fear around the next bend waiting for
ANYONE at ANYTIME!!!
I'm sorry in advance if I'm off base, way out in left field, or
just sound plain bitter, angry, or what ever label ya'll wish to
place on this or me, but all I can say is it is a shame when you
have a list comprised of hundreds of folks worldwide supposedly not
only interested in a hobby, and appear to want to share and
communicate with one another (hence why a list like this exist in
the first place, correct?), but don't seem to want to reach out
when a time like this comes upon us to help one of "our own" !!!
I know times are getting harder financially , especially maybe here
in the US for a lot of us, but still many of us are finding it
possible to still invest and spend on ourselves and indulge our
hobbyist desires and whims, so why then can't some of you ,if not
all, offer something to show your true care, compassion, and
concern, not just for another human being, but for one of us for
goodness sakes!
Again, I know I will probably receive some distasteful responses
due to my putting my nose where maybe a lot of you feel it may not
belong, but it is rather disgusting to see talk always going on
about what's for sale, what I want, what can I acquire, while
rarely anything is mentioned about Gary's plight save for our
resident angel, Maria! It looks like some basic plain old greed
and self indulgent type behavior to me! This is why we find so
much misery in our world at any given time, and any given place --
it's always about me, me,me, me!!! Well, take just a few precious
seconds and do some REAL soul searching then see what it's truly
all about -- life I mean -- then maybe a few of you may come to a
different realization!!!
Now I'm through, I'll step of off the proverbial soapbox and await
my stoning, but I felt lead to say what I did. Oh yea, you may
also excommunicate me as well if the desire is there.
Thanks for your time in indulging my rant!
Mal
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