To: goldsheet who wrote (80867 ) 1/19/2002 1:04:03 AM From: d:oug Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116753 "Yes Virginia, there is truth to saying nice guys finish last." Message from Bob Johnson: [Sometimes]... difficult to have principles and stick to them. ... will not participate on moderated threads (period) [o49r]gold_tutor entered the [Gold and Silver Mining Stocks] thread in an manner that offended many/most[/ALL?/everyone-1?]. You could have either [1.] ignored her, [2.] engaged in a debate with her, [3.] or run off to start a new thread[moderated]. I have respect for the first two options and none for the third. ... am willing to accept the consequences ... rather lose [GOLDSHEET] traffic than my principles. [end.] Bob, Let me address a sentence from your above Message from Bob Johnson: that is not included in my above cut & paste. "What is so difficult to understand about that?" Its not difficult at all to understand your thoughts Bob, those you express in words as text in your post. From this reference point i must switch to another area, or better to say, leave this area of contact with your thoughts and go where you place your understanding of your thoughts, that being where a place of limited contact with such. Yes Bob, please Si Next this post since i'm gonna do a U turn and return to your thoughts. (or) No, i'm not now asking you to reconsider, but just to make clear that up until now i ventured away from your actual thoughts, their inner working(s), and have taken resident where you are, so once again Bob Next now if you rather not leave this place you "live" in thoughts and travel like an TwiLight of TruTh or The Outer Limits, and visit yourself. Everytime i receive a post from you Bob i am reminded of that one Bobbie Yellow'ing send me, "Have you no shame." causing me to wonder about a song of Peter Paul & Mary about the wars nations seem always to get into, with lyrics something like "... how many... needed... before..." So it seems that you Bob are like one that can not learn, or after a bully hits you over and over and you just stand there taking them blows without hitting back, and without leaving because, Message from Bob Johnson: ... rather lose... than my principles. [end.] you seem to be unaware it's your responsibility to protect yourself, as you hold ground and let others "hit" you just so that you can make that value statement about yourself not to "hit" others. enough, i'm not gonna "hit" you anymore Bob, but end this post not with that information, but just a simple symbolism. Funny, before highschool i was knowned as a kind sensitive bully as i always explained the reasons why i was pounding their face into the dirt, to the kid i was pounding the face into the dirt. Short & semi-sweet maybe, but it could have been worst if i did the explaination using ChucaSpeak :o) ok, Bob, Your "... have principles and stick to them." can be viewed as your Handle, yes, but in truth you are missing something, as in yes you have the Handle but not that which is required to have a complete package, as in to take to completion. Also needed is the Blade, such that when joined together this Handle+Blade becomes a Sharpened Tool for non-violent folks, or a Weapon like a Sword for those of the lbs1989 type, or using Richard of The Mazz with Handle = handgun and Blade = ammo eventhought i'm sure without the ammo Richard will use the Handle as a nice hammer to hit over head any bad guy :o) The Handle itself Bob is all you have, and the symbolism is clear that against others your survival package is missing a piece. think, Handle = your Talk Blade = your Walk you gotta Walk your Talk Bob like Russ Winter did, after after Russ did the Sharpened Tool of [1.] ignored her, [2.] engaged in a debate with her, got no satisfactory results, Russ did the Sword of [3.] or run off to start a new thread[moderated]. and stood at the entrance to the new thread with "sword"[moderated thread] in hand at the ready to deny o49r/gold_tutor entrance For sure Gata Bill [Bill Murphy of gata.org & LeMetropoleCafe.com] has both symbols, with the Zulu at "point" From: russwinter Tuesday, Oct 9, 2001 New moderated thread established at Precious and Base Metal Investing: Subject 51846 Started By: russwinter All commentary welcome on precious and base metal investing. If it's mined from the ground its fair game for discussion. Primary emphasis to be on micro issues, with company analysis encouraged. This thread had it's genesis at Gold and Silver Mining Stocks.