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To: Mani1 who wrote (50305)	8/8/2001 2:12:28 AM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Mani Ahmadi, Re: "It amazes me how people so blindly follow Paul like he is their religious leader and savior from all financial sins." Paul is no savior, nor has he ever been omniscient, or clairvoyant, or prophetic. He has, however, made some astonishingly accurate calls, and he continues to have an interesting perspective in many situations. Now, I don't want to get off on the wrong foot with you. I have only just attained premium membership here, although I have read this and other threads here regularly for many months. But I did want to put in my final $.02 on the matter, and hopefully walk away without two black eyes. I believe you were right to suspend him, Mani. He did openly defy you on multiple occasions, and regularly broke the rules that are the basis for this thread. However, he was valuable because of his ability to debunk much of the FUD generated on this and the other thread. Like it or not, Paul has a consistent and honest way of dealing with things, and I have a feeling that if it weren't for him, there would be few others willing to stand up to those opinionated people who choose to spin information only towards their own goals. The unfortunate thing with Paul is that he didn't stop at those kinds of people, but he also attacked anyone else who would disagree with him, and that's not right. Because of his provoking attitude, he tended to bring out the worst in those people that would have normally been the constructive and informative type. So I am not disagreeing with your decision, but I hope you can have an idea why some people admired him. It's not always because a given person is in the Intel or AMD camp, and I only say this because your post is crying for that kind of generalization. Rather, Paul had the sort of concise, effective, matter-of-fact manner of making a point that (I believe) many people here wish they had. wanna_bmw

To: Mani1 who wrote (50305)	8/8/2001 12:33:33 PM
From: Saturn V	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Ref < "uncannily accurate at his prediction of AMD's financial condition. Couldn't be further from the truth. It amazes me how people so blindly follow Paul like he is their religious leader and savior from all financial sins. > Mani you have not been following your own thread. Paul predicted exactly AMD's earnings for Q2. Even Niceguy acknowledged that. Others on this thread were looking for dramatic improvements in AMD's profits. Paul was the one who alerted the thread to the unusually high number of insider sales at AMD in mid Q2, while the management was assuring all investors that everything was doing great. I agree that Paul did not acknowledge his trades until much later, and you are right to be skeptical on that issue, and it is not clear if Paul was following his own advice. I also agree that Paul rubs in facts more than I would do. You and the others are on your high horse. It is your thread and do with it what you like. You have ignored improper and Off Topic posts from others, just because their opinions are in sync with yours. You really should change the name of the thread to reflect its nature.