William,
I was shocked and dismayed when I just logged on to the thread a few minutes ago, and read your remarks. I met you at the shareholders' meeting in Austin this year and thought you were very nice, and I don't believe you meant your post to be "racist", but at the very least your comments discrediting someone's heritage at the end of your post was completely unnecessary, very insensitive, and even insulting.
It is, in fact, NOT okay to refer even "slightly" to anyone's heritage when disagreeing with their opinion or position on a stock. Will you next use the "N" word towards a black poster on the thread who is short DELL??? Should you next assume Bill Fleckenstein is Jewish and post an anti-Semitic remark because of his short position in DELL???
I'm one of the biggest bulls on DELL and thought this guy Najib's post was idiotic, but you went too far. I don't even know if he is from India, but by disparaging him personally and India, you have insulted every American who is of Indian descent including Mohan Marette, myself, and several senior executives at DELL. I don't expect you to apologize to anyone, but that would be the decent and right thing to do.
Sincerely,
Sam |
