To: valuehunter who wrote (18785 ) 8/19/2000 12:57:45 PM From: Parker Benchley Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 19331 GW - I like to keep well-earned nicknames short & to the point. Before you go off on your next "thing", remember how you so self-righteously cut off all communication publicly with both myself, Don & others for having the unmitigated audacity of questioning DCI mgt, which you felt was doing everything to serve shareholders while being viciously attacked for no reason by the SEC................V _________________________________________ Hey Birney, Short, indeed. It's the physics of the water table. I cut off communication between you and Green for the way you were addressing me personally -not for your stance on DCI. Think about it as I know you've gotten in trouble before for your crude tirades towards people. Besides, if you had an ounce of responsibility and faced me with a real name and phone number you'd never would have had the the false courage of ripping at me in such fine 6th grade style. Ditto for Green, only he hasn't the capacity to write more than a few sarcastic lines and then hide is his dank little corner. Look Birney, I DID believe in DCTC...just like you. I was getting calls telling me everything was wonderful and our renaissance was just around the corner. Verbatim: "George, we are days away from coming out of this...maybe even HOURS away." I was told deals were signed for crying out loud. This was not a singular incident nor were they months apart. I believed it because I trusted these people telling me these "bumps" were merely business set backs and charges by the SEC were undeserved that would soon be remedied. I don't know you or this child Green beyond you own self involved ramblings. However I thought I knew the people calling me and writing me. As it turns out, I now know I was played because they knew my sense of loyalty would serve them. They knew if I was given the right information, in the properly gauged, sincere manner, my being a writer and history as an active poster would serve them. Well, it worked and what I got out of it is a catastrophic financial loss. I would think you and the shared perspective of Don Green would find a bolstering jolt just knowing that. Hey Birney, don't mistake me here. I make no apologies to you for believing in people. I do fault myself for not learning more quickly over CCEE. I won't go through life questioning every personality when it comes to a new risk. Bitterness and cynicism delude people into thinking such self destructive adaptations are part of wisdom and creativity. There is no place more evident right here in the way these boards have decayed to the 95% level of electronic garbage. You were right early on DCI just like a few others. Congratulations. Still many other shareholders like myself held on. I have numerous personal e-mails from people telling me they were still holding on to DCTC (not because of my tiny jottings on the boards) but because they believed in Joe Murphy and his company. This is very personal stuff Birney from real people...and it's not fun. To mine and many others' misfortune we believed in these people too long. It's impossible or pointless for most to sell at these levels so most of us will be here until the end. People like you and Green use hammers to communicate even if you're right. Smashing a piece of crystal takes no thought but making it does. You don't know how to be anything but harsh so you try to excuse your points of view by saying "you're being direct", "it's for your own good" or using crude sarcasm with "I don't sugar coat things." Like the quixotic ex-smoker, you love to come back to people and say you were right when your personal interest is removed. Yet, it is you and the Greens of this world who squeal the loudest when you are felt the victims. Any good teacher LEARNS finesse. If you gave a damn at all about all of us left out here to twist you'd see that this whole fiasco is not about you or me but about all of us who were burned. So, keep poking away Birney. I know this is easier for you than actually making an effort at being decent. G.B.