Cels Forum

I'm very struck, Sasa, by the value-laden language that
you use in this post. By value-laden I mean:

>Is the idea to share our treasures with everyone else who
>wasn't so lucky to be able to find or afford the cel we
>treasure or is it a way for us to just lord over other
people all of our prize possessions?

No matter how one answers in the context you set up for
us, it sounds like a cel gallery is meant merely for 
vanity. Frankly, it sounds like you are baiting your
readers.

I propose (and please tell me, anyone, if this is too
Pollyanna from the truth), that the subject of cel scans
is a touchy subject because it seems in the cel collecting
community, this community defines the rules of what is appropriate and what is not. There is, of course, very 
little this "artificial" community can do to enforce these
rules except by ostrasizing those members who do not 
conform. Your questions are good in that they test these
rules.

For myself, who is in the process of putting up a cel
gallery, I desire to join this community for several reasons:

--protection through information (against fraud)
--commerce (to sell/trade cels) or in the hopes that someone
will find the one I'm looking for
--discussion (as my friends aren't that interested in what I
collect here)

When someone takes an image from a gallery without asking,
they break the etiquette of this community. As for stopping
them, it's almost impossible. But perhaps, they won't
get the benefits of this community.

Hey, you asked for philosophy and you got it! :)

Philosophically yours,

Wendy