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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2514513, member: 36230"]I've head it many times, usually said as if I should slink into a corner, but I'm well aware of this. I couldn't care less if you or everyone else on this board buy his products; that's your choice, you've every right to buy or collect what pleases you, and if that is his products, all the power to you and him. This isn't about anything other than calling a dog a dog as opposed to pretending it's really a princess. I refuse to be one of the Mighty Mouse schmoes here who, for whatever reason, apply a different standard to Mr. Carr and do so while slamming/degrading others for doing essentially the same thing . </p><p><br /></p><p>You're obviously a very intelligent man, Mr. Bellman; if you wished to waste (far too much of your) life by doing so, you could go back to see what started this all. You would discover that defection has lead us down a path that was both never intended and is wholly unnecessary, but was Mr. Carr's choice. In this very thread, nothing would've been said had this gentleman given the same courtesy to others as he <b><i>demands</i></b> for himself, and is as simple as that. If "art" can be so wide and varied as to include copying, that's fine with me, but it should be applied to everyone. To see this man call the work of others "copies" and "fakes", even if in regards to "fantasy pieces" very similar to his own, or in any way disrespect the "work" of others is, well, ridiculous.</p><p><br /></p><p> I gather you're a fan and do respect that, but if open to removing any personal feelings from the matter, you should be able to clearly see the over all point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2514513, member: 36230"]I've head it many times, usually said as if I should slink into a corner, but I'm well aware of this. I couldn't care less if you or everyone else on this board buy his products; that's your choice, you've every right to buy or collect what pleases you, and if that is his products, all the power to you and him. This isn't about anything other than calling a dog a dog as opposed to pretending it's really a princess. I refuse to be one of the Mighty Mouse schmoes here who, for whatever reason, apply a different standard to Mr. Carr and do so while slamming/degrading others for doing essentially the same thing . You're obviously a very intelligent man, Mr. Bellman; if you wished to waste (far too much of your) life by doing so, you could go back to see what started this all. You would discover that defection has lead us down a path that was both never intended and is wholly unnecessary, but was Mr. Carr's choice. In this very thread, nothing would've been said had this gentleman given the same courtesy to others as he [B][I]demands[/I][/B] for himself, and is as simple as that. If "art" can be so wide and varied as to include copying, that's fine with me, but it should be applied to everyone. To see this man call the work of others "copies" and "fakes", even if in regards to "fantasy pieces" very similar to his own, or in any way disrespect the "work" of others is, well, ridiculous. I gather you're a fan and do respect that, but if open to removing any personal feelings from the matter, you should be able to clearly see the over all point.[/QUOTE]
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