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I think the world of Scrooge is necessary a world where the administration and the rules of the countries governments are less effective than in the reality; that is for this reason he can do all the things he does, and Duckburg shouldn't be the place it is, with all these sorts of intrigues, with all the regulations which exists in the real world; for example, in the italian stories, they were talking a lot about that, Scrooge and Donald often used to have some ridiculous problems with the administration, in a particular story, Scrooge must make the proof that he no longer have the legal age to do his military service, he goes to an administration, he must have the proof in a short period of time, he is very nervous, and the administration agent gives him an awful bunch of papers to complete in order to prove his age legally. I absolutely don't say all the regulations are bad, but in the world of Duckburg they should be a brake for the action.

LARRY GIVER, 19-01-2004:

> Marco Barlotti suggested that probably Scrooge did not always acquire
> his wealth legally, along with Glomgold and Rockerduck. Of course we
> know the slogan, "he made it square", but I was troubled by Barks'
> last story, "Horsing Around with History", drawn by W. VanHorn,
> (Gladstone's Uncle Scrooge Adventures 33, July 1995). In this story,
> Scrooge discovers the Trojan Horse, and moves it in complete secrecy
> into his money bin, supposedly to foil the Beagle Boys. But isn't he
> also keeping it secret from the authorities of the country where he
> found it (Turkey or Greece?)? Isn't Scrooge in this story engaged in
> smuggling?

Maybe he made a legal arrangement in between some panels? :-)

Is this the only Barks story in which Scrooge doesn't inform the
authorities of a country where he finds a treasure or other material?
I suspect it has happened in other stories as well, but I'm not sure.

Scrooge isn't so honest as he wants us to believe. In many of Barks's
stories, Scrooge uses dirty tricks to get his way. He's so selfish,
that the few warm moments are cherished as the highlights of his life.

And those highlights don't tell a full story. They don't rule out the
negative sides of Scrooge's way of life. So, saying that Scrooge has
always "made it square", is inconsistent with his character. If Scrooge
makes such a claim himself, he's ignorant or simply telling lies. Maybe
he wants to give himself a good name by being dishonest. That's what
lots of big bosses and big companies do. No matter what has happened,
they always have been fair. And otherwise there must have been some
unfortunate misunderstandings or human errors somewhere along the line.
They'll never say that they tried to misguide people on purpose. Even
the misunderstandings and human errors are mostly only admitted when
there's a public/juridical pressure on them.

> I don't think this could happen in a Don Rosa story.

Why not? Rosa's Scrooge can be *very* mean, cold, and selfish. Rosa's
Scrooge often hurts people, or simply doesn't care when they are hurt.
An example of such a victim is his own family member Donald Duck. Just
try to list the Rosa stories in which Scrooge is unfair to Donald. And
how do Donald's wages compare to his work, which is full of stress and
pure danger?

Scrooge as honest person? Humbug!

Scrooge's "big boss" attitude of being shady at best, is what makes him
interesting to me.

--- Dani?l

"Unhand that gall, Two-gun Wolf!"
(Which Barks story?) :-)

"Unhand that gal, Two-gun Wolf!"
(Which Barks story?)"

This one is from the Night Watchman story--Donald dreams that he is
rescuing Daisy from "Two-Gun", starts shooting in his sleep, and
unwittingly routs a group of gangsters.

Hi

Does anybody know if Gemstone will be participarting in the Free Comic
Book Day (FCBD) on July 3rd this year ?

As there are people owning comic shops on this list, I would like to
know if it benefits the comic publishers to participate in the FCBD ?

Best wishes,
Mads

Anders Christian (AC) Sivebæk wrote:

> our [DDF(R)] fanzine.

Is there any chance you could put the 'zine up on the Net for us
non-members to read?

Lars

Maximilian Baumgart wrote:

> I wonder because this mail shouldn't be appear here,
> as the other adress wasn't registered in the
> DCML by me (or my father) and I wonder why it appears here
> nearly a weeck after it was sended to the DCML...

Emails sent from email accounts which are not registered
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approval. The moderator (Per) frequently checks these mails
- which can well be a week after it was initially
sent. Most are spam but sometimes a valid Mail (like yours) is
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to the list.

Cord

Do you need a scan of cover?
Paolo Bontempi

> Da: Pedersen Hans <hanskped at yahoo.com>
> Data: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:28:08 -0800 (PST)
> A: dcml at stp.ling.uu.se
> Oggetto: WDC&S #4 - complimentary copy?
>
> I've been curious about this and would be interested in hearing from
> other collectors who own a copy? I noticed recently that my own appears
> to have been a reading copy in a dentist's office in Illinois.
>
> Thanks for any clues, Hans
>
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