ShiftyoneOK, I'm doing an exception here by using your name directly as the topic of this post.
Let's start with a positive about your contribution: it's a great idea that you proposed to have your settling scores privately with 5er: it's polluting the board.
Now, I kind of understand 5er as you painted yourself into a corner right from the start with your bashing posts about management or anything that could fueled up negative sentiment on the bullboard. It was pretty clear at that time that your main objective was to bash management and you were looking for (mis)information to prove your point. I know there is a silent mob here and seeing people giving likes on 5er posts are kind of proving that they agree on his (or her I do not know him/her) interaction with you.
Now, you feel sorry about those bashing posts. It's not the first time you ask for "forgiveness". And then, you try to bring some information about Stifel and you're frustrated that people do not want to discuss with you. Well, you lost a lot of credibility right from the start by providing misinformation so (and I'm talking more about myself here) it might be normal we do not want to lose time (again) in validating your information and start a discussion with you. I'm pretty active too on the bullboard and sometimes some of my post miss the mark and people do not contribute or discuss. It's not the end of the world you know...
So, I will team with GoldNHill here and suggest that you take a little break. I'm in for civilized discussions and, I think long time readers will agree with me here, since your arrival the bullboard has been transformed into a fight arena. And that is a fact.