Tech,
I know Mad Monk's posts on CGSI and IAIC were very provocative, and to tell you the truth the way they were written turned me off. If he is bearish, he should
post well-reasoned critiques of the stocks he dislikes.
I read those posts, but I barely paid attention to them and have no idea whether what he said in them was true or false.
What I suggest is that you calmly call his bluff, point out the inaccuracies in his posts and give reasons to support your contrary position in the stock.
When you get as angry as you have, it just causes you to lose credibility too, and it makes me want to never invest in those stocks, thereby serving Mad Monk's
ends.
If you were calm and sensible, and carried out a civil argument on your end as to why a long position in those stocks is advisable, you might convince me.
That is all that is necessary for you to do. People on SI are intelligent enough to sort through hype, fiction, etc. If someone is lying, call their bluff and back it up with
proof if you can. Leave it to the individuals in the online investment community to figure the whole thing out and come to their own conclusions. In other words, let
the SI community police itself. I read every post on SI with a skeptical eye, and I hope all others do the same. Behind most bullish posts their is a long, and behind
most bearish posts there is a short. I know this, but I still value SI for what it is. No one should make investment decisions based on what they read here alone.
Inviting lawyers in here, as you did in your prior post, is like inviting the wolves into the hen house to devour the chicken whose clucking is keeping you awake at
night. It is very important at this critical point in the evolution of on-line discussion forums that we have a unified front against censorship, the bullying of individuals
by large organizations, and the like. If you think that if companies find it is easy to silence online critics through the threat of litigation, that they will then only go after
the ones 'knowingly posting false information', you're crazy. Those might be the only ones they take to court, but a pall will fall over all conversations here, believe
me.
Finally, here's an earlier post of mine with a few links:
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