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Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dr. Seuss who wrote (3693)	9/18/1999 7:16:00 PM
From: Bill Wexler	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10293

Exactly how do you respond to the fraudulent claims of GUMM shills? I've found that it's a waste of time to argue over pseudoscientific frauds. I don't think I convinced anyone who really wanted to believe in Y2K doomsday that it was a bad investment vehicle - even as their stocks spiraled to zero. I don't think I convinced a single shareholder in ZONA that Vasomax was a complete fraud - even as the stock tanked to 3 a share. What's really astounding is that the ZONA victims are still insulting and bitching at the short-sellers when all they had to do was an hour or so of reading of the publicly available information regarding Phentolamine - a 50 year old generic drug and the only active ingredient of Vasomax. You can't argue with someone who's in a cult mindset or relies on religious faith to define his world view. Even what appears to be the most obvious and grotesque fraud to a reasonable person (take a look at NESS, BAAT and TMRT) manages to sucker in enough true believers to provide a comfortable living for hundreds of con-artist stock promoters. The GUMM fraud is simply another outgrowth of the current homeopathy fad. It'll eventually pass and another medical fraud will come along to take its place. As long as there's a stock market, there always be some idiot that comes along to claim yet another miracle diet, cancer, aids, cold, etc. etc. drug...and a bigger idiot will come along to throw money at it.