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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7618251, member: 110226&quot;]While the purpose of CT ancients is to share our love of ancients, and to share knowledge and the coins from our collections, such a forum is open to issues that deviate from the original intent, which, especially in these times, is inevitable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Subjects of a political nature, as well as subjects of social import are a natural outgrowth of our activities when we search auction catalogs, view articles or engage in social media.&nbsp; You view an auction online, looking a lot descriptions, and then, there it is, the off-color remark.&nbsp; You react and create a thread, which is natural and totally within your rights.&nbsp; There are posts, most of a constructive nature, but others designed to provoke.&nbsp; That&#039;s when things can spin out of control.</p><p><br /></p><p>People do have the right to post comments, no matter how corrosive and mendacious they may be, but I think there is a point in the discussion that the atmosphere becomes so toxic, that something needs to be done, in this case taking down the entire thread.&nbsp; As much as I hate seeing this done, I do see the need for such action. </p><p><br /></p><p>With the shootings in San Jose, the decline of consensu</p><p><br /></p><p>This is sad, very sad.&nbsp; I&#039;m really afraid that our polarized society, and our democracy, is unraveling, which puts me in a dark place right now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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