I am sorry, Jim. I guess I have no idea what your original post was trying to say. You haven't offered anything that helps to clarify what your original post was trying to say. If I read into it something that wasn't there, please help me. What's the message?

Now it appears you think I am neutral and not taking a stand, because I am not on the list. Maybe I haven't made my position clear enough. I "own" one slabbed chip, an Excalibur $1 sample that was given away at the Super Bowl show. I did not pay anything for it. I have it only so I can see and show what a slabbed chip is. There is nothing quite like the feel of a slab to convey the ugliness of it. You can't see the chip. You can't see the edge. You can't tell what you have. It's ugly. This thing is not "in my collection." It's in my junk drawer.

I will not buy a slabbed chip. I will not aid slabbers in any way. I am as opposed to slabbing as anyone on this board. But signing a list does not put economic pressure on slabbers. Not buying slabs puts economic pressure on slabbers. I am a proponent of education, not alienation.

The list, and the way I see it being used, I believe is putting a wedge between collectors. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm reading something into it that's not there. But I'm not the only one. So maybe it's not a bad thing for proponents of the list to ask themselves if there's a way to accomplish their goals that doesn't alienate so many of their fellow collectors. It just looks to me like this war is leaving a lot of civilian casualties in it's wake. That can't be good for the hobby.

Just so you know, Jim, I have tears in my eyes as I type this. I have this horrible sick feeling that I've lost yet another friend in this hobby over this monster. How do people on the same side wind up shooting at each other? It's not fun any more.