I got an article from Jamie Cross in my e-mail today. Sending me the mail might have something to do with the Rounder he's currently offering at a bargain price. The title of this thread is also the sub-title of the article "Continuing a guide to collecting .... Third Reich Medals & Badges"
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He starts with:
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"As many of you know I am not a great fan of internet forums. I believe that the individual must do his own research and not piggyback on someone else's. We should ask questions and follow up these expert statements"
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I certainly can understand if someone does not like Internet fora (forum, lat, plural fora) and everybody who does so has his own reasons. What I do not understand, however, is that one "must to do his own research" but is not allowed to ‚piggyback on "someone else's". I would read this as something to the effect " Do not read somebody elses book, do research for your own", - if you read other peoples rsearch you ‚piggyback'.
Asking questions is a very good thing and I always thought that Internet fora are mostly about ‚questions' and ‚answers'. And nobody (to my knowledge) is prohibited to follow up on anything.
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Ah, but here it comes:
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"I know some forums do not like this approach and expell members, hound them out and shoot them down because they dare to question these "expert" opinions. But these forums, due to much false information and a frightening lack of knowledge on awards and medal, are the ones killing this hobby, the sad result being frequently, that reproductions become originals and originals, reproductions."
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I'm absolutely convinced that Mr. Cross is not talking about this forum. Why? Because here we do not expell members for their opinions, we do not have a vicious squad "to hound them out and shoot them down". Of couse, here, as everywhere, the occasional false information is posted because neither we here (nor anybody, including Mr. Cross ) is free of human errors. However, the pure statistical mass of people with a keen and sometimes very deep knowledge in this hobby allows for a very broad approach in the discussion and in nearly all cases an in depth investigation of the discussed topic.
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Unless, of course, one believes that all participants in fora are complete idiots and don't know what they are talking about! They don't even ‚piggyback' on earlier correct information - they just float in a big blue yonder of ignorance. <O
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Or, as another option, one wants to make others believe that this is the case. So what is the purpose of this nice introduction?<O
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</O"As many of you know I am not a great fan of internet forums. I believe that the individual must do his own research and not piggyback on someone else's. We should ask questions and follow up these expert statements"
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</OI certainly can understand if someone does not like Internet fora (forum, lat, plural fora) and everybody who does so has his own reasons. What I do not understand, however, is that one "must to do his own research" but is not allowed to ‚piggyback on "someone else's". I would read this as something to the effect " Do not read somebody elses book, do research for your own", - if you read other peoples rsearch you ‚piggyback'.
Asking questions is a very good thing and I always thought that Internet fora are mostly about ‚questions' and ‚answers'. And nobody (to my knowledge) is prohibited to follow up on anything.
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</OAh, but here it comes:
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</O"I know some forums do not like this approach and expell members, hound them out and shoot them down because they dare to question these "expert" opinions. But these forums, due to much false information and a frightening lack of knowledge on awards and medal, are the ones killing this hobby, the sad result being frequently, that reproductions become originals and originals, reproductions."
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</OI'm absolutely convinced that Mr. Cross is not talking about this forum. Why? Because here we do not expell members for their opinions, we do not have a vicious squad "to hound them out and shoot them down". Of couse, here, as everywhere, the occasional false information is posted because neither we here (nor anybody, including Mr. Cross ) is free of human errors. However, the pure statistical mass of people with a keen and sometimes very deep knowledge in this hobby allows for a very broad approach in the discussion and in nearly all cases an in depth investigation of the discussed topic.
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Unless, of course, one believes that all participants in fora are complete idiots and don't know what they are talking about! They don't even ‚piggyback' on earlier correct information - they just float in a big blue yonder of ignorance. <O
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Or, as another option, one wants to make others believe that this is the case. So what is the purpose of this nice introduction?<O
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