RE:RE:RE:RE:Calm before the storm LOL
I remember before BJ (our basher par excellence) exited this forum several years ago he tried this tactic .He denied there was any such thing as bashers - what people call bashers are, in fact, only circumspect investors examining the negative as well as the positive sides of their investments :)
It puts me in mind of the American Italian Anti-Defamation League of the early 70's. It was founded by mob bosses who denied that there was any such thing as "the Mafia". They advocated that the words "Mafia" and "Cosa Nostra" be banished from movies and news as these words only encouraged the stereotypical portrayal of Italian Americans as gangsters.
It need hardly be said that the vast majority of Italian Americans are law-abiding citizens, but this does not mean that criminal organizations with Italian American members do not exist.
Likewise Stockhouse posters who look at all aspects of their investments, both positive and negative are not necessarily bashers. But this does not mean that bashers do not exist.
You fellows give yourselves away, not because you consider the negative along with the positive (as you disingenuously claim) but because your overall intent becomes clear over time - post after post after post.
You're not fooling anyone.
N0taP00p wrote: @River and Birch: For $hits & grins, put us out of our collective misery and define what a basher is. Think hard. Take your time. Investing takes both and we have time to kill while we wait. Phone or PM your brilliant friends. Consider these points: We are not "everybody gets a prize for competing" types. We've invested our OWN money. And finally, we've been invested for a dozen years.