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However, when I read a review that Ted Bundy claimed that his obsession with murdering young women was "no different from people who like to collect stamps", I found that disturbing.
I prefer to think of better types of "famous" people who collect stamps.
Dave.
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I assume it was about doing something you like to do (a pastime) and not considered negative (no association of guilt).
A softer example may be people who go out of their way to run over squirrels, turtles, on the road.
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stamp collecting is also sometimes mentioned as a symptom of certain mental disorders listed in the DSM-5... most of the time in the autism spectre
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Now this creeps me out. Anyone want to buy my collection?
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"Anyone want to buy my collection?"
Ok, Michael ###s. I would love to buy your collection.
I think it would go nicely with some liver, fava beans and a nice Chianti. Shall I come to your house?
Dave (Hannibal) Le(ctor)Maven
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Dave, you can buy my collection, if you have the cash. But, let's handle things through the mail and FedEx, Okay?
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All I can say is I hope you have a PO Box address Michael.
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When LeMaven is done with him, Mr Numbers will fit into a post office box.
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The famous 1963 John Fowles book, The Collector, and the movie made from it reinforce the idea that collecting can be taken too far at times. This is the story where a youngish male butterfly collector ends up 'collecting' a young woman to stay in his cellar.
Maybe better to look at other philatelists who didn't have such problems with collecting. FDR jumps to the front of my mind although to keep it balanced I read about the writer Ayn Rand being a collector on here earlier in the year.
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FDR enjoyed many one-of-a-kind 'courtesies' and 'gifts' from the BEP (Bureau of Engraving & Printing).
I can see some eventual benefit to the trade - unique items bring bidders, and high prices - but I am less sure of the benefit to everyday collectors.
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When I studied Behavioural Psychology at Queens University back in the mid-1970s, I was fortunate to get an internship at Kingston Penitentiary where I worked with the worst sexual and violent criminals in Canada. While my wife is creeped-out by it, I continue to be interested in studying their behaviour...
However, when I read a review that Ted Bundy claimed that his obsession with murdering young women was "no different from people who like to collect stamps", I found that disturbing.
I prefer to think of better types of "famous" people who collect stamps.
Dave.
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re: A random, yet disturbing, reference to stamp collecting...
I assume it was about doing something you like to do (a pastime) and not considered negative (no association of guilt).
A softer example may be people who go out of their way to run over squirrels, turtles, on the road.
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re: A random, yet disturbing, reference to stamp collecting...
stamp collecting is also sometimes mentioned as a symptom of certain mental disorders listed in the DSM-5... most of the time in the autism spectre
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Now this creeps me out. Anyone want to buy my collection?
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"Anyone want to buy my collection?"
Ok, Michael ###s. I would love to buy your collection.
I think it would go nicely with some liver, fava beans and a nice Chianti. Shall I come to your house?
Dave (Hannibal) Le(ctor)Maven
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re: A random, yet disturbing, reference to stamp collecting...
Dave, you can buy my collection, if you have the cash. But, let's handle things through the mail and FedEx, Okay?
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re: A random, yet disturbing, reference to stamp collecting...
All I can say is I hope you have a PO Box address Michael.
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re: A random, yet disturbing, reference to stamp collecting...
When LeMaven is done with him, Mr Numbers will fit into a post office box.
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re: A random, yet disturbing, reference to stamp collecting...
The famous 1963 John Fowles book, The Collector, and the movie made from it reinforce the idea that collecting can be taken too far at times. This is the story where a youngish male butterfly collector ends up 'collecting' a young woman to stay in his cellar.
Maybe better to look at other philatelists who didn't have such problems with collecting. FDR jumps to the front of my mind although to keep it balanced I read about the writer Ayn Rand being a collector on here earlier in the year.
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re: A random, yet disturbing, reference to stamp collecting...
FDR enjoyed many one-of-a-kind 'courtesies' and 'gifts' from the BEP (Bureau of Engraving & Printing).
I can see some eventual benefit to the trade - unique items bring bidders, and high prices - but I am less sure of the benefit to everyday collectors.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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