To: Troy Griffin who wrote (5053 ) 10/2/2000 9:28:40 AM From: SI Bob Respond to of 5164 Well Bob I can only say you must be blind or stupid intellectual genius that surrounds SILICONE INVESTOR I've heard baseball players say that on some of their best days, the ball seems much bigger and slower and they just can't miss. I could swear I just got lobbed a basketball. But I'll check-swing this one... For future reference, though, amongst all the text you quoted earlier from our Terms of Use Enforcement Guidelines (TofU EG), was a bit that said something to the effect that personal attacks on the admins is a no-no.if you think that calling a company's directors freaks, or refering to their products as SH*T, or accusing the CEO of larsony, fraud etc, is not breaking any rules. That doesn't violate any rules of Silicon Investor. I didn't say it doesn't break "any" rules. If the statements aren't true, they might violate the rules of other entities.It's no wonder the SEC is cracking down on chat lines To my knowledge, they aren't. They're cracking down on people who use "chat lines" for purposes of manipulation. Usually touts who spam these sites. Fortunately, that's not a problem we have too much here. They usually get thrown out when they run afoul of our rules (usually spamming or personal attacks) or give up when they get too effectively countered by the folks here who are into real DD.anyone thinking of buying or selling a stock using due diligence derived from the intellectual genius that surrounds SILICONE INVESTOR I hope most people understand (and am pointing this out in case there are those who don't) that reading messages on a stock discussion site isn't acceptable DD. It's a starting point from which each person should do their own DD; independently verifying the accuracy of the stated "facts" and likely correctness of the expressed opinions. Regards, SI Admin (Bob)