Cobb/Edwards and the T206 Honus Wagner

WhenItWasAHobby · #1 02-11-2010, 12:45 PM

I find it intriguing that he appeared to have no sense of obligation to find it's rightful owner.

PolarBear · #2 02-11-2010, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby

I find it intriguing that he appeared to have no sense of obligation to find it's rightful owner.

Because he knew it wasn't real despite the well-meaning, but ignorant, persona the reporter is trying to create.

The game is: Gin up a grievance, real or not, then play the "victim". Society has been trained to be polite and assume everyone has a valid point, so they generally just do what it takes to make someone happy, even if they don't necessarily believe the grievance is justified.

Society has created a system that rewards the perpetually aggrieved.
These are just examples of people testing the boundaries of the system.

Brian-Chidester · #3 02-11-2010, 02:24 PM

In the words of Napoleon Bonaparte: "Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."

drc · #4 02-11-2010, 03:43 PM

The press has the annoying ability to report a lot about nothing. What a normal person could say up in one sentence (such as "The US government never made a $1 million bill, so obviously the bill can't be real"), a newspaper can write a 5 day expose about. I assume the reporter realized if he summed it up in one sentence there would be no story to report, and his job is to report stories.

Brian-Chidester · #5 02-12-2010, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by drc

The press has the annoying ability to report a lot about nothing. What a normal person could say up in one sentence (such as "The US government never made a $1 million bill, so obviously the bill can't be real"), a newspaper can write a 5 day expose about. I assume the reporter realized if he summed it up in one sentence there would be no story to report, and his job is to report stories.

That can be true from time to time. I've been assigned stories where they wanted 500 words and I had to stretch to get 250, and then I've had other stories where the argument was so detailed that you couldn't possibly tell it in less than 2,500 words, yet I was told to get it down to 300 words (!!!). Journalism is sometimes an impossible task that manages to meet its deadline each day. For good or for bad.

I like to think of it as comparable to what doctors experience as their residency. Any good writer of non-fiction invariably must go through the growing pains of writing for a newspaper. Long hours, low pay and endless frustration. But in the end, you come out refined and ready to do something bigger. Like a book or a screenplay maybe.

And then you want to get on the best sellerlist and win the nobel prize, and then all will be right with the world. Hehehe.

calvindog · #6 02-12-2010, 03:47 PM

I think Mike O'Keeffe will have to stand in line behind Obama for his Nobel Peace Prize. At least Obama doesn't hate cards.

Jim VB · #7 02-12-2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by calvindog

I think Mike O'Keeffe will have to stand in line behind Obama for his Nobel Peace Prize. At least Obama doesn't hate cards.

Troublemaker!