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    Impress me.

    in Comics General

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    On 4/14/2024 at 8:00 PM, CGC Mike said:

    I called an emergency meeting, which lasted all night.  A decision was never made.  

    It's a large Tilapia, Stu.  Put up a heck of a fight.  I set it free.  

    Thats just bait down there .....

    Ebay offensive material policy - Just the beginning of censorship, already happening? Whats the scoop?

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    2 hours ago, Bookery said:

    Well, my entire statement was that the issue I'm addressing is not about "one book"... and yet you keep going on about one book (and btw, the Dr. Seuss issue involves 6 books, so I'm sensing you really aren't doing any research on this before posting).  AND... I have never once in this thread... not once... said anything about the publisher deciding not to keep the books in print.  And I'm not sure anyone else has either.  The concern was that eBay was cancelling listings of them.  It was eBay (and Amazon) that put most small bookstores out of business, and having forced many sellers online having lost their brick and mortars, now starts censoring what they can sell.  And YES... it is censorship... look up the definition... it's legal censorship (unlike government censorship which is unconstitutional) but that doesn't change what it is.  And again... it's not an issue of these 6 books.  We are having a discussion of whether this opens a Pandora's box.  You say no.  Fine.  

    There is a big difference between people criticizing material, and making calls for it to be dropped from major means of distribution.  I criticize books and films I don't like all the time.  I have never once suggested said material should be banned, or dropped from Netflix or Amazon or eBay or whatever.  TCM has just announced 18 "problematic" film classics that it will be discussing.  And frankly, I think they're doing it right... presenting the material along with discussion groups.  But one wonders if Amazon or someone else will take the list and use it to drop these items from availability.  They probably won't... but are you claiming it's not worthy of discussion?  And I think why people are making such a big deal is because it IS something as silly as Dr. Seuss... if a book can be... let's not call it banned... maybe blacklisted? because of a school of fish wearing fur coats, then seriously, one does indeed wonder what is sitting on my shelf right now that is going to offend someone tomorrow, or the next day?

    I have been consistent my whole life on this issue.  I have even been on the news as leading an effort to keep videos from being banned from stores many long years ago (how serious can things get?  Several video stores were put out of business in a neighboring county when they banned the rental of even R-rated movies!).  We fought the group that did it as they came to our county, and we won.  I've argued against it from the right and from the left.  Comic books... all of them... the Disneys along with the ECs, were banned for awhile in a neighboring state back in the '50s.  I'm pretty sure many said then, as now, who cares?  They are just silly books.  No one will miss them.

     

    Superheroes are next , Netflix stopping DD and the rest was the foot across the line

    Massive Postal Delays

    in Comics General

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    On 2/27/2021 at 3:32 AM, Albert Thurgood said:

    Please provide some facts to back this up.

    I have had two recent dealings with USPS. In the first, they took 6 weeks to deliver a book from LA, it arrived just before the seller lodged an insurance claim.

    Here is my most recent experience with USPS, sending a parcel from San Francisco to Sarasota:

    February 17, 2021, 7:18 pm Departed SAN FRANCISCO CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
    February 20 2021 In Transit to Next Facility
    February 21, 2021, 12:07 pm Arrived at USPS YBOR CITY FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
    February 21, 2021, 7:00 pm Departed YBOR CITY FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
    February 21, 2021, 8:12 pm Arrived at USPS SARASOTA FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
    February 22, 2021, 1:57 am Departed USPS SARASOTA FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
    February 22, 2021, 10:16 am Arrived at USPS Facility SARASOTA, FL 34231
    February 23, 2021, 1:29 am Arrived at USPS YBOR CITY FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
    February 23, 2021, 4:24 am Departed USPS YBOR CITY FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
    February 23, 2021, 5:17 am Arrived at USPS SARASOTA, FL 34230
    February 23, 2021, 5:29 am Arrived at USPS SARASOTA, FL 34238
    February 23, 2021, 5:51 am Arrived at USPS SARASOTA, FL 34231
    February 23, 2021, 8:09 am Departed USPS SARASOTA, FL 34231
    February 23, 2021, 10:58 pm Arrived at USPS YBOR CITY FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
    February 24, 2021, 4:28 am Departed USPS YBOR CITY FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
    February 24, 2021, 5:50 am Arrived at USPS SARASOTA, FL 34231

    They have had it at the destination city now FOUR times (at least - they logged it more than that) but they keep driving it in a 100+ mile loop around FL. 

    So what will those "world's best postal workers"  in Sarasota do next?

    February 24, 2021, 8:13 am Arrived at Post Office SARASOTA, FL 34231

    Well that’s a good sign! It has never got as far as the Post Office there before...

    But wait:

    February 24, 2021, 9:42 am Departed USPS Facility SARASOTA, FL 34231

    What? How did it get back there??? Please: Just don’t send it to Ybor again!!!

    February 25, 2021, 1:47 am Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility YBOR CITY FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER

    Where is the wallbash icon?

     

    I'm in Sarasota lets meet at Red Barn and party