Postby Roger M. » August 21st, 2014, 7:29 pm
You (and some other contributors to this thread) want to make it black and white Tom, and in reality it's all very gray.
I'm not so clueless as to not understand what you're saying Tom, I understand you clearly.
I just don't agree 100% with what you're saying.
Not agreeing with somebody does not in any way equal a failure to understand the issue.
On any given day, I'm on your side on the entire issue Tom, and don't disagree with on the substance of your position, or your thinking on the issue. I've read your posts for years now.
But in this case I think you're viewing this only as part of your ongoing efforts to protect your good friend, and not seeing the gray areas intrinsic to the whole process.
There is a discussion of one prop per each set of Tommy's books. There's discussion as to the timeline of the creation of the prop and how it leads up to finding it's eventual owner. There's the discussion of commissioning of props as Rudy commissioned these ones. There's the discussion as to whether timelines should impact ones thinking on the ethical creation of any given prop. There's the discussion as to how many (if not most) people don't have the skills to create Tommy's props as he designed them, and have to commission their creation.
It is, in reality, a massive discussion with many different voices and many different opinions to be heard.
It's not an open and closed case, and it's not a cut and dried issue ... it's a discussion with a multitude of opinions and points to be made.
Because I've read your posts for years, I don't expect I'll change your mind about anything. It's important to note though, that you're not the arbitrator of what's right and what's wrong, and that your voice is but one of the many ... as is mine.