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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (10298)	3/16/2001 2:46:16 PM
From: Bosco	Respond to of 14638

Hi Ken - maybe we can agree to disagree. While these messengers do cause formation of opinions, attacking them here means little. Posting to SI will not move stks like NT. OTOH, like it or not, evidence is that SI participants were sidetracked by these individuals. Instead of discussion the relevance of their message, we have talked about the backgrounds etc etc. To be fair, I was one of those who got sidetracked. However, I am trying to use that experience to better myself. If we ignore the messenger and stare at the evidence hard, we at least can see if s/he has any beef. Writing him/her off as having a poor record misses the point, IMHO. Why, there are people who were right about something, but does that automatically qualify them to be seers? Obviously not. We may put a bit more faith in them. That's about it. If we follow them blindly b/c of their one hit wonder, we will be the butt of a laugh. Right? So, why can't we apply that to the flip side? Sure, if they have a poor record [as a matter of opinion, Nike T is all that bad. Behind the curve, maybe] we may want to be skeptical and examine the evidence [good or bad] more closely, but, IMHO, it is a mistake to confuse the issue. JMHO, of course best, Bosco