RE: Birch - Bashers, etc.. Lex, if I may jump in on this conversation I think that if one party consistently only presents the positive or negative side of an argument when there are valid points on both sides it can diminish their credibility and leave the perception that they are either a pumper or a basher without an objective balanced view.
I understand the desire to fire back at some of the absolute nonsense that gets spewed out on this board both good and bad but all that does is escalate the mud slinging and can cast a poster in the same light as the person with whom they are arguing. It also lowers this board into the sideshow it has become.
If a poster absolutely states something that is false based upon information that has been released then I absolutely agree that other posters should point that out but if someone is just spouting off an outrageous statement that is an opinion then I wouldn't bother giving it the time of day.
Like you I would much rather create value than destroy it and I find posts of either "It's heading to zero" or "Our salvation is just around the corner" to be equally distasteful, useless and not worthy of a response. If anyone reading this board acts on those types of posts then they shouldn't be here. All those posts are trying to do are play with people's emotions which is a very dangerous situation to get into when trading.
I think birch's point is that there are both positive and negative things about this story and that it would be nice to get back to a discussion of the hard facts through strong DD that provide useful information to existing and would be investors.
I have found that some posters such as RoyallyScrewed who most people consider a basher actually presents very reasonable arguments that provoke thought and force you to re-evaluate your position, which in my mind is always a good thing so as to prevent you from falling in love with a stock.
As for humorous posts I agree some days they are needed. Just to date myself on this board, the funniest posts I saw have been the ones from PumperKillerJR before he got himself and all his subsequent aliases banned I think for life.
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