John,
I was a bit disappointed to read this:
I wanted to weigh in not on the issue of data mining, but questioning people's integrity.
Unfortunately, someone like Ann Coleman takes a lot of abuse by people on the Internet who assume that everything the Motley Fool does is malicious in nature (Her personal integrity is nothing short of stellar and she has no ill intent in anything that she writes or any analysis she conducts) . The problem is that many of these people do it anonymously. So, I pretty much disregard what anyone says that does not put their real name behind it.
That's why it is easier to accept something that MikeBuckely says whether he agrees with you or not, because ,he is Mike Buckley, and not some coward hiding behind a screen name who would never say the things they say on the Internet is they were in a live, face-to-face forum.
Speaking of questioning people's integrity... You seem to be referring to tekboy. I hope I'm mistaken, because tekboy is a pretty well-respected fellow here (as are you, BTW). If you think he was being malicious, unfair or ad hominem, you should reread his messages.
I, for one, share some of tb's reservations, and I don't think that everything The Motley Fool does is malicious in nature (although I was pretty peeved about their role in the Kennedy assassination).
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