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Train museums....FRIEND or FOE
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:21 AM
IF a train museum accepts donations of R.R. artifacts that any reasonable minded person would consider suspicious would you consider the staff / powers-that-be.....................

A. True Railfans preserving items that would otherwise be lost.

B. Honest

C. Dishonest

D. Greedy

E. Self serving

F. Totally Clueless

G. It bothers me to have this subject on this forum and this is why........

Is it TABOO to say anything negative about a R.R. museum? It shouldn't be.

I have first hand knowledge of a museum accepting misappropriated items and I have notified the staff of this fact. They DID NOT investigate my allegations. Since one museum has done this I'm willing to speculate that others have also been guilty of this type of behavior.

We have corruption in our: government.....business.....charities.....unions.....religions.....hospitals.....etc. etc. etc.

Are train museums the ONLY organizations on earth to remain lily-white?

If you also have knowledge of this type of conduct at a museum and say nothing, I would consider you an accomplice............SHAME-ON-YOU.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:27 AM
Any train museum usually has a crack staff that investigates each piece brought in.Thats where I go sometimes to find out info on stuff that I see or thats sent to me.Also if someone is missing a rr artifact the first people that are alerted besides the law are local and national museums.So be good and support your local RR museum.
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Posted by dehusman on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:38 PM
What's with OLD DAD? His last three threads all deal with stealing, trespassing and now disposing of stolen goods.

What's the deal here?

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:57 PM
I wasnt sure either but if anyone is caught stealing from anyone(especially a rr or rr museum) I hope they get busted.
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Posted by louisnash on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 5:35 PM
I agree with Dave H. What's the deal? We all know that trespassing and stealing is not right. I have taken photos of trains and have been on company property, and I have been invited to see the cabs of locos. I have even been invited to watch rails being welded. So the problem with trespassing is more than likely it was something the individual was doing to get in trouble. Goes back to respect. You show respect you get respect. I know that it's wrong as does everyone else on this forum, but I don't think we need a thread here to discuss it. Everyone knows the consequences. But anyone that steals from anyone whether it be a company or individual will have the ultimate judgement. And you do it from your family is the worst.

Two worst kinds if people in life: Liars and Thiefs!

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Posted by eolafan on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 5:51 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dehusman

What's with OLD DAD? His last three threads all deal with stealing, trespassing and now disposing of stolen goods.

What's the deal here?

Dave H.


Good Question[:I], wonder if he has a guilty consience or something else????
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Posted by ironhorseman on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:43 PM
I kinda doubt stolen property, especially valuables, would end up in a museum. The reason it was stolen in the first place was A) someone wanted to get their grubby little hands on it or B) someone wanted to sell it, which means it would end up in a private collection (refer back to 'A').

If you draw a bell curve A and B would take up most of the curve. In the extremeties (on the edges of both sides) reasons for stolen property to end up in museums would be the property had been stolen decades ago and changed hands many times, or someone would give it to a museum to throw it off the trail of authorities, or someone has a big ego and would donate something just to get prestige. Or use or imagination as to why someone would donate stolen property to museum, but all these reasons would only consume 1-2% or less of the bell curve.

The purpose of stealing, the main purpose of stealing, is not to give it away. But, if stolen property is donated to a museum and the museum recognized it as stolen property and didn't turn it over to the proper authorities then the answer would fall between C and D of the survey question. That's why museums should keep records of who donated what and where it all came from so if someday something is identified as stolen property they can trace it back to the person and maybe stop a crime ring or theif from committing future crimes.

As far as "Are museums TABOO?" question. I guess that means are museums immune from accepting stolen goods? No.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:02 PM
Hi guys and gals,

Sorry to disappoint you eolafan, but I am probably at least as honest as most of you and maybe more honest than a few others.

So, to answer your question Dave, this is "the deal".

Read ALL the responses in my other two threads and you will notice that many of these people do in fact feel that stealing from the R.R. is not a crime. The same is evidently true in regards to trespassing.

Unfortunately Brian your assumption that "we all know that trespassing and stealing is not right" just isn't true.

I suspect that many more people feel that trespassing and stealing from a R.R. are not crimes but were reluctant to post a response fearing they would be bashed.

I felt my first two theads were worthwhile subjects and judging by the large response to each of them many others also felt the same. However, if you gentleman feel otherwise no one is forcing you to join-in.

Another assumption that is not entirely true is that ALL railroad museums care if goods are stolen. I have first hand knowledge of stolen items being accepted by a museum. If they knew the items were stolen, at the time, I do not know.
When I informed the staff of this "oversight" ( I'm giving them the benefit of a doubt) they ignored my notice and have treated me like an outsider ever since.
When I have told others, outside the museum, of this incident they act as if I have just broken some TABOO by saying this about a R.R. museum.

Has any one seen any of my three topics on any other forum? I haven't, so this is why I thought them to be worth posting.

So now you know "whats the deal".

If I think of another topic I intend to post it even if it has to do with (gasp) stealing.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:06 AM
Old Dad
If you have first hand knowledge of stuff that belongs to another museum somewhere else you should do what you can to put it where it belongs.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:34 PM
Hi JoeKoh.

I'm sorry if I didn't make the situation clear, the items taken came from another railfan who obtained them legally, not a museum. To make matters worse, the perp. is an active long time member of this museum and also took credit for the donation.
Unfortunately I haven't any real evidence to back up my claims so it looks like this fellow will get away with his deception.

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Posted by espeefoamer on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:27 PM
I vote for Totally Clueless.I personally would ask some very serious questions,and I am sure any reputible museum would do the same.Rail museums rely on donations from railroads,both of equipment and financial.this requires a good relationship which would be ruined if the museum was caught with stolen material.No museum wants this to happen.
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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, November 20, 2003 6:56 AM
Old Dad
its a shame that a person wants to be like that.
stay safe
Joe

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 23, 2003 8:09 PM
pssst...anyone wanna buy an Geep?
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 23, 2003 11:46 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by aldeschamps

pssst...anyone wanna buy an Geep?


Good attempt at being funny....keep on trying!

I've noticed a strange silence on this thread.
Have I done a BAD THING by bringing this subject out into the sunshine and placeing it under public scrutiny?

Does it bother you people to have this subject on this forum?
If so, WHY........

How many of you are members of a train or traction museum?

Just curious.....OLD DAD
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:52 PM
Okay i'm gonna add my two cents in.

Oyu know "old Dad" has a right to post any kind of Question. Just because he has posted three questions in the past, that perhaps don't match the type of Questions that you would post, that gives you no right to jump on him and start assuming he's a thief, tresspasser, and a liar.

You know if it wasn't for his questions, No body on this forum would know what the overall aporoval rate was for taking stuff of RR property and calling it your own

Thansks to that thread an approval rate can be estimated to be around 30%.

30% of the people, who reponded to that thread, said it was alright to take an old spike you found lying around, And to rehash my opinion, i was counted in that 30%.

You know, I look up at his last post and I see the words "Just curious" Perhaps, Bryan from Kentucky and Dave H have never been curious about anyhting.. I know I always am.

But specifically for Dave H, If i'm curious about a Mach 3 razor, made by Gillette, does that automatically mean, that the next time i'm on a plane, i'm going To kill the flight attendent with it? No it doesn't.. in fact.. there could be a million and one reasons i want to know the information about a Mach 3 razor, and the reason I want to know, Is most likely not going to be bad, or result in anyones Death.

I know in Life it's great to Assume, But to Assume that Old Dad is a tresspasser, a liar and a thief, solely because he posted those topics?.. Common.

No, it's not a bad thing you brought this to light, the only people who think it is, are the kind of people that would rather have things like this swept under the rug and not have it looked at again..

Wait I hear a bell ringing.. it's Ringing on the REALITY CLOCK!

Sure we can all play ostrich (A big Bird found in Auistralia) and burry our heads in the sand, and hope the problem goes away.

NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN!

Why the heck are any of you upset that this has come to light.. Old dad has a very valid Question.. Is it becasue you don't want young kids to read this and be encouraged.. ??

In which case an answer like this is appropraite.. thats to bad, Because Social issues wich are common in society, must be addressed, and as My dad alwasy said: Like it or not, and if not.. lump it.

If your so outraged about a thread, don't press the "respond" button. Don't complain about it either, Just pretend it's not there.

When the day arrives, that we can no longer Discuss these types of issues on a public forum. It shoots the enire "forum" concept straight to hell, and illustrate a complete regression in American society.
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Posted by espeefoamer on Saturday, November 29, 2003 4:55 PM
I am a member of both Orange empire Railway Museum,and Feather River Rail Society which operates the museum at Portola Ca.Both of these museums have good relationships with local railroads,which would be destroyed if caught with stolen railroad items.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 29, 2003 11:28 PM
Thanks for your support kevinstheRRman,

I was beginning to wonder if I was writting in Eskimo or maybe Latin.

Sometimes silence speaks volumes about the true nature of a persons being.

You know the old adage.....Tis better to be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.

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Posted by dharmon on Sunday, November 30, 2003 12:09 AM
well, Kevin did respond, it so quite possibly you were writing in eskimo[:D]

If questionable aquistion practices are the topic, then I'd venture to guess the half of the antiquities exhibits at most of the major European and American natural history could be challenged. Western explorers did a fair amount of looting in the 1700-1900s in the name of history and science. So is there a statute of limitations on that???

If you know of a stolen piece of property, RR or not, you have two choices..report it to the authorities or don't. It's that simple.......either you choose to get involved or you don't. If someone knowngly took something, then they made a choice, and apparently have decided to accept the consequneces of that action........unless of course they live in California..where they were obvously victims of a materialistic society and should be compensated by both the accuser and government.

Is it somehow different because it is a museum and an RR at that.....not in my book. It is up to you to decide whether it meets you definintion of stoln property and if you feel strongly enough to intervene..

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 30, 2003 11:12 AM
Originally posted by dharmon

well, Kevin did respond, it so quite possibly you were writing in eskimo[:D]

If questionable aquistion practices are the topic, then I'd venture to guess the half of the antiquities exhibits at most of the major European and American natural history could be challenged. Western explorers did a fair amount of looting in the 1700-1900s in the name of history and science. So is there a statute of limitations on that???

Was I referring to Kevin???

NO!

Looting in the name of anything at any time is of course WRONG.
SHAME on your western explorers. And SHAME on ANY museum that continues to HOARD artifacts that were NOT acquired legally and morally.

Most countries have laws regarding the exploration for and the removel of antiquities.
If an "explorer" breaks any one or several of these laws this person has then become (by common definition) a criminal.

Well, dharmon, would I be correct in assuming (based on your statements above) that you believe two WRONGS do make a RIGHT.

IF SO,

allow me to take YOUR LOGIC to the next level.......thousands of murders were committed in the 1700-1900s.
SO, are you saying that this fact justifies committing additional murders TODAY???

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Posted by dharmon on Sunday, November 30, 2003 7:35 PM
Whoa Ho Ho Ho there Hoss!!! I think you misunderstood my posting. Lets go to the tapes.....

1. The eskimo thing was becasue our Canadian collegue has been on a sabbatical to the northern areas of his fine country. This was poking fun at him Hoss not you.

2. The point about antiquities is that there are alot of things in museums of questionable origin......not just RR museums.

3. My opinion is that it is pretty cut and dried. If you know of something, you have two choices, report it or don't. Whether it is a RR musuem or not. The decision to intervene is yours, mine or whomevers.

4. I'll see your comment about about my logic and raise you nearly seven months in the Balkans and a year of my life in the Gulf. I can talk a belly full about ancient hatred. How about a mist filled morning overlooking the Zetra stadium in Sarajevo and see headstones as far as the eye can see over ten acres of them...from just the preveious couple of years. Let's not go there.

5. This assuredly is NOT written in Eskimo ..
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 30, 2003 11:28 PM
Sorry, I had no idea Kevin was WAY up north. I could have just as easily said German, French or Kangaroo.

Your comments about other types of museums having items of questionable origin seemed to imply that it was OK for RR museums to do likewise.
This would be similar to a young person saying "all my friends are doing such and such, so why can't I do it too".

If this was not your intention why did you mention the misdeeds of other types of museums?

You are absolutely correct when you say we have but two choices.....we can be part of the SOLUTION or we can be part of the PROBLEM.
You hit the nail squarely on the head.....this has been my motivation for placing this thread on this forum in the first place.

Since I havn't any physical evidence to back up my claims and no other witnesses it would be my word against the perpetrators word.

A lawyer once told me that...."some people can tell a lie more convincingly than other people can tell the truth", so documentation wins cases and I don't have any, BUMMER.

"IF SO"
I placed these two words in capital letters on a separate line so they would stand out.

It was my hope that you would understand that "YOUR LOGIC" only applied IF the statement having to do with "two wrongs make a right" were true.

I am truly sorry that you had to bear witness to the atrocities in the Balkans and Sarajeve, and I don't mean to diminish your experience in these remote places.
However, I'm at a loss to understand what this has to do with museums etc.
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My original question seems to have gotten lost along the way. SOME responders are apparently more interested in bashing myself or my question, they must be trying to shut down this thread. I wonder... WHY?

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Posted by edblysard on Monday, December 1, 2003 6:45 AM
Old Dad,
I have followed your posting for a bit, and realized you seem to have a personal vendetta going.
Now, wether this is due to the person your angry at having gathered the artifact and donated it first, before you had the chance to, or because you feel a crime has truely been committed is debatable.
If you do belive a crime has been committed, then approach your local DA.
Trying the person and the "crime" here can only offer you personal satisfaction, not resolve the problem.

If your local DA declines to persue the matter, either the artifact in question has no real value to both the railroad it came from, and the public in general, or its accqusition was legal in the eyes of the DA.

You seem to be attempting to justify your anger at what you view as a crime, without offering any details of what was taken, where it was donated, and who committed this "crime", which speaks volumes towards you already knowing that no crime was committed.

I note that anyone who dosnt agree with your point of view, and accept your story on faith alone, is subject to your anger too.

Dan responded to you, in a manner that seemed to uphold your viewpoint, and you attacked him, his comments and reflections that almost every meuseum has questionable artifacts in their collections as un important.

You pointed out that you didnt mention that in your post, so why should Dan mention it, as if his comments were of no value, unless they back up your theft theory.

It would appear that the person your angry at gained some small amount of public reconition for their donation, and you feel that is wrong.

Dont confuse morally wrong with illegal.

Lieing to your neighbor isnt a crime.
Lieing under oath in a court is.

Just because something is "wrong" dosnt make it a crime, just as something that is "right" isnt allways legal.

I noted that you failed to mention names, so you are aware how close to slander you are skirting by referring to the person as a perpetrater, infering he commited a crime for which he, or she, was prosecuted and convicted.

Yes, almost every railroad meuseum in the country contains some artifacts or items stolen from the railroads.

Yes, some people do get away with it.

Yes, it is ok to point that out, and if you have proof, go to the cops.

If you dont have proof, your correct, its a "bummer", bad guys win one, morally outraged you lose one.

Deal with it.

But dont bite us(which I am sure you will do, as soon as you read this) just because we dont agree 100% with you on any given subject.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 1, 2003 7:32 PM
Ed, I must say I disagree with you.

Old Dad pulled a Kevin Special.. He read the post in the wrong manor, and reacted in a fashion which I would have done myself, and have done so in the past.

I did it at Dan too! And to this Day, I remain greately sorry for doing so. No, I shouldn't have jumped on him like that.. Just like Old Dad openly admits he shouldn't have. Because of that incident with Dan and I, I now wait at least ONE HOUR to respond to controversial posts, so I have time to think baout it, and guage my respsonse more corectly, rather then base my response on rage, because that is just like pressing the accelerator and the break Equally, at the same time -- it'll get me no where.

Now Ed what you said may be correct, or not.,. why? Because i wouldn't know what a "DA" was if he bit me in the butt!

But i'm looking at the more Broad sense of this topic.
I'm glad it's in the open. I'm glad I REALLY AM. Everyone has a right to voice what they want to say, Now comming From A Canadian Society, honestly, and i'm not going to lie, It took me a while to adapt to the rules on this site.

However, this topic Does not deserve to be closed.

I formulated this example..

Each Thread is like a painting, It's a work of art that took time to develop. Now let's say this painting was posted inside a museum, and it depicted.. Uh something Really controversial. Imagine in your own mind soemhting Really controversial..

Does that mean someone has the right to walk in and take it down??

In Canadian Society, Were all taught that if we don't like what we see:

Walk faster
Change the channel
Overt your eyes

and attempt to forget, if you don't like it, what you've seen.

were also taught, Don't complain about what you see, because it's solely your choice that landed you there in the first place.

If i decide to watch Sex Tv, And then write a letter and complain about what I saw.. My complaint would have no Backing whatsoever. If i was really offended, That is why a remote is there.

If i decide to go to an art gallery (God, no) and see some crazy crap, and decide to complain.. My complaint wouldn't stand a chance in hell.

Thats the Canadian way we looma t things, Now trust me, I know it's different in the staes, why..? They don't have Sex Tv.. And i'm not necesarily saying it's a good channel for five year olds to watch. and i'm not necesarily saying that I like that channel.

Waht i am saying is that, I don't have a right to go to the Sex Tv studio and blow up their things which they use to Broadcast an image so they would stop Broadcasting

I don't have the right to go to an art Gallery and destroy a Leud painting of some naked woman.

I don't have a right to offer the Statue of David a free.. yikes. lets not go there.

But your all syaing, that someone has a right to decide weather your threads are socially or unsocially unfit for public display?

I know if it were Trains.ca.. i could complain to the people who own .ca and tell them that someone was canning my freedom of speech by erasing my threads, and they would then come under the Gun. Because up here Freedom of speech is like the right to bear arms, everyone does it / has one.
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Posted by edblysard on Monday, December 1, 2003 7:59 PM
Kevin,
I never said the this thread should be shut down, old dad brought that up, not me.
Was just making an observation as to why he seemd to blast anyone who didnt seem to agree 100% with his theft theory, and his trying his "case" in the forum.
If he is so concerned about theft, tresspassing, and illegal donations to railroad meuseums, maybe he should try a "Law and Order" forum?
Stay Frosty,
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Posted by dharmon on Monday, December 1, 2003 8:20 PM
Well, I can't speak for everyone,but last time I checked I was not part of an evil railfan conspiracy to shut down this thread. The only issue I have with any post is when, as has happened a couple of the times in the past, things degrade into caustic personal attacks. I don't believe that this is the case here. That being said.....

This forum has been used in the past, in particular by folks using states as screen names, as a vehicle to rant about or soapbox their pet causes. You have alluded that the focus has shifted from the subject you started to you yourself. Three topics... focusing on tresspassing, theft and disposition of stolen property. On the surface it looks as though you might be going somewhere with this and I think lot of folks are trying to figure out where. But then again it could be just curiousity...I don't know and I don't claim to, as Kevin so aptly put, being interested in razors doesn't make you a hijacker...or words to that effect.

Stealing is wrong, I don't think you will find anyone here that believes that it is. You may get some differences of opinion what constitutes the offense depending on severity (a rusted spike found on the side of the roadbed vs. switch stand cut off an active mainline switch). The reference to antiquities was meant to show that it is not an uncommon occurance, even in some of the finest institutions to have items that ..well.. were liberated from their former owners.

If your attempt to bring this to the attention of the museum did not work, then it needs to be taken to the authorites. But as Ed said, if either the DA or the RR does not think it is worth pursuing or there is not sufficient evidence, then it's pretty much over. Unless you feel that strongly about it, and engage in a little civil disobedience and start a boycott or something to bring light on it, bearing in mind of course the possible personal repercussions of such action.

The short of it is that in my opinion it's C, final answer
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 2, 2003 12:20 PM
In the begining I asked a very simple question...Basically I was asking your opinion about RR museums that accept donations of questionable origin.
How many have answered THAT question?

After the first 5 responses attacked me on a personal level I explained my reasons and motives quite clearly, I thought.

Yes, "perpetrator" is the wrong word since this person has never been convicted in a court of law. "Suspect" would of course be the proper term, I stand corrected.

I may be wrong but I don't belive that I have used the words "steal" or "stolen" on this thread.

I have taken personal attacks, I have explained my motives, I have tried to clarify my topic, I have apologized for misunderstandings on my part, I have explained my motives again and again and still I am under personal attack.

Other than trying to shut down this thread, I can't think of any other reason to attack me on a personal level, can you?

If some of you feel this constitutes a "personal vendetta" of some sort, you have a right to your personal opinion.

My conscience is clear.......OLD DAD
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Posted by edblysard on Tuesday, December 2, 2003 4:50 PM
Then that brings us back to a simple question.
How would a railroad meuseum verify wether a artifact was legitimit, or not?

I have a old SP switch stand, the harp style.
I got it from our MOW dept, and am going to make it into a mailbox stand.
Now, if I decide to give it to a local rr meuseum, how can they prove it is or is not stolen, where it came from, and how I got it before I gave it to them?

I have no reciept, the foreman of the MOW dept gave it to me out of the scrap steel pile, and helped load it into my truck, no money changed hands, and no reciepts issued.

Should they refuse it because there is no paper trail?
Or should the take my word for it that it wasnt stolen?
After all, its only a old bent switch stand, worth about $6.00 in scrap value.

The foreman of MOW has since moved on to another railroad, and I have no way to get intouch with him.

So, how to proceed?

Now, if you want to tell the rest of us how, where, what, when and who your
were referring to, we would be more than happy to listen.

As for your orignal question, well, if they cant verify how the artifact came into the possession of the person donating it, then they either have to take that persons word, or refuse.

I would assume, (maybe incorrectly) that if the item was a rather rare, or very expensive item, they would do a good job of researching its origins.

And I do know most mueseums have a grapevine that works well, they keep each other aware of frauds, and stolen items, and the police do check with them regularly in reguards to stolen items.

If you mean I should bad mouth a mueseum because they "may" have items in their collection that were stolen, then no, wrong guy.

On the other hand, if you can prove it, and do so in a court of law, thats a different matter.
Here, the law presumes that you are innocent, and places the burden of proof on the accuser.
The accused dosnt have to prove their innocence, you the accuser have to prove their guilt.
So far, you havent.

And no, I dont belive I have attacked you, personally, I just dont agree with some of the things you have written, thats all.

If you take that personally, well, sorry, get a thicker skin.
Ed

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, December 2, 2003 5:06 PM
Old Dad
if you feel I have attacked you I apologize.I just would try to do what is right and the good doesnt always win you just have to keep fighting the fight.
stay safe
joe

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 2, 2003 7:01 PM


Well Kevin for some odd reason has persuaded me to read this, and he also wanted me to give my opinion. No my opinion is not bias towards his, I most often don't agree with things that he says at all, but lets have a go at this one.

First off, Yes i agree with his views on censorship, I've come to learn that it's all about who raised you and what kind of parents you had, is what is going to persuade (not determined ) your censorship views. Kevin And I, more I.. have very liberal parents. Mine more so then his. That is the way we were raised, and thats how my parents brought us up

Jenna Jameison had Not so liberal parents, and look at the way she turned up... Althoguht she might be puching the boundry for me jsut a little, and kevin utterly detests her, just because she does the kind of work she does, Kevin hates her, which is not necesarily right either.

Back to the topic, Old dad, I don't believe that you have come under nay personal attacks. There are only two memebrs on theis forum that I have seen peronally attack each other: Kevin.. and the other guy who shall rename nameless, his screen name begins with a C, and rhymes with Shnabmorward. Those are the only two people who attack each other, and Yes, every time Kevin gets into an argument, I get furious at him because that is no way to treat other human beings, although if Shnabmorward is reading this, He is the older one of the two, and you would of thought he would of had the capability to withdraw. I'll say this right now, Kevin can't withdraw from an argument to save his life.. He'd argue until one of the parties dies. So usually it's up to the older people of the situation to withdraw.

A personal attack is more like Grade school name calling. Kevins good at that. Don't be like him, You don't want to be like him.

Joe, you have not perosnally attacked anyone. And i can't imagine you ever doing so.

I agree with Ed, You have to have thick skin.. Kevin takes personal attacks every day from ididots, he barely cares anymore. If he were to punch out every guy who called him a name.. he's have a life sentance behind bars.

As kevin always says, and i'll put it up here So you can all know kevin's favorite Quote

"Don't do dumb s***"

he always said that jokingly, but its always funny.

Now to the origins of your post. I believe in all honesty that Old Dad Just wanted an opinion. I really do. What I really think is happening, is that the last time Someone posted stuff like this, That person was under a name that rhymed with McFlurry or Shmizzori. The fact is, I have a feeling that this topic Reminds some of the people at trains.com, what it used to be like with shmizzori.And Their Treating OLD DAD like another shmizzori. Let's face the facts, he used to post stuff like this all the time! However OLD DAD is no Shmizzori. I Believe old dad just wants an honest opinion with no personal attacks. He has yet to prove me wrong, and when he does, you can all say, "we told you so" to me.

Just tell him your or nay and be done with it, don't let this thread keep you awake at night. and when i say "you" i mean everyone thats got their tale featheres ruffeled.

By the way OLD DAD, this is Kevin's Girlfriend that wrote this, in case your wondering why the funky coulored font.

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Posted by dharmon on Tuesday, December 2, 2003 7:09 PM
As Ed said, we have differences of opinion. Not attacking you as a person. But more importantly, above all else we got to see ME again. So good on you Old Dad!![:)]

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