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<blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 991973" data-attributes="member: 7394">Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Way to help your fellow man..I agree that such a mentality would be sick and pathetic if it were true. Seeing that most of the people who have replied in support of the auction, and their long-standing and contributions to the community in the past, I don't think these people are who you are talking about. Personally I wound't sell my cat for any price or any reason, even if she does have some extremely bad habits that I'm not going into here.I think that what you disagree with is the entire notion of celebrity. Some people acheive celebrity status because they're extremely rich, or they act, or they're models, or they write books. I think we can all recognize the following names: Bill Gates, Johnny Depp, Naomi Campbell, Stephen King, and J.K. Rowling. If someone is accomplished at something you are into, what's wrong with treating them as some degree of celebrity? I'm not saying that I fall into this mentality, I mean they are people just like the rest of us, but what makes one type of celebrity more valid than another?I don't see how this is any different than if any other member of this community had a similar need and proposed an auction to cover expenses. It's a non-issue that's being made into one because people happen to recognize Sean K's name from the cover of a book. The double standard is what is truly sad and pathetic here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darrin Drader, post: 991973, member: 7394"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Way to help your fellow man..[/b] I agree that such a mentality would be sick and pathetic if it were true. Seeing that most of the people who have replied in support of the auction, and their long-standing and contributions to the community in the past, I don't think these people are who you are talking about. Personally I wound't sell my cat for any price or any reason, even if she does have some extremely bad habits that I'm not going into here. I think that what you disagree with is the entire notion of celebrity. Some people acheive celebrity status because they're extremely rich, or they act, or they're models, or they write books. I think we can all recognize the following names: Bill Gates, Johnny Depp, Naomi Campbell, Stephen King, and J.K. Rowling. If someone is accomplished at something you are into, what's wrong with treating them as some degree of celebrity? I'm not saying that I fall into this mentality, I mean they are people just like the rest of us, but what makes one type of celebrity more valid than another? I don't see how this is any different than if any other member of this community had a similar need and proposed an auction to cover expenses. It's a non-issue that's being made into one because people happen to recognize Sean K's name from the cover of a book. The double standard is what is truly sad and pathetic here. [/QUOTE]

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