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<p>[QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 1489937, member: 37839"]In my opinion, all debate/discussion/polite and not personal attack arguments have NO business being censored. This is a hobby where divergent opinions are extremely valuable. I have oft times debated with Doug about grading,and he's been professional, polite, and authoritative all at the same time. Did I get censored for disagreeing about grading philosophies and TPG opinions? No, as the debate was never personal. TO stifle such discourse is extremely destructive to a hobby that contains a lot of subjectivity in terms of things such as "value, eye appeal, luster, strike, and overall grade" of a coin. Different opinions are what makes the world go around, and it seems that cutting it off is counterproductive. I use PCGS and purchase PCGS coins considerably, but far from exclusively--does that mean that if I say one negative or less than totally complimentary thing, I should be censored? Any business model is subject to criticism and that is the way it should be. Granted, harassment, obscenity, and general trolling any forum is both mean, counterproductive and unacceptable. However, if one can't criticize in a positive and constructive way, now does one learn new ideas? This forum doesn't do that and I am grateful for its existence--I could not deal with heavy censorship in any coin hobby environment, based on just differences of opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 1489937, member: 37839"]In my opinion, all debate/discussion/polite and not personal attack arguments have NO business being censored. This is a hobby where divergent opinions are extremely valuable. I have oft times debated with Doug about grading,and he's been professional, polite, and authoritative all at the same time. Did I get censored for disagreeing about grading philosophies and TPG opinions? No, as the debate was never personal. TO stifle such discourse is extremely destructive to a hobby that contains a lot of subjectivity in terms of things such as "value, eye appeal, luster, strike, and overall grade" of a coin. Different opinions are what makes the world go around, and it seems that cutting it off is counterproductive. I use PCGS and purchase PCGS coins considerably, but far from exclusively--does that mean that if I say one negative or less than totally complimentary thing, I should be censored? Any business model is subject to criticism and that is the way it should be. Granted, harassment, obscenity, and general trolling any forum is both mean, counterproductive and unacceptable. However, if one can't criticize in a positive and constructive way, now does one learn new ideas? This forum doesn't do that and I am grateful for its existence--I could not deal with heavy censorship in any coin hobby environment, based on just differences of opinion.[/QUOTE]
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