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To: SI Dave who wrote (205)	10/29/2004 1:30:07 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 377

That point doesn't apply, however, because nobody is blaming the "highway", nobody is blaming SI. We all blame ourselves, but are pointing out the pothole in the highway or the reckless driver on the highway, whichever analogy you prefer. Your service is being used for illegitimate purposes. It's our fault if we get taken, and just be aware that your service is being abused in a systematic and predatory manner. "My point is that it doesn't accomplish anything to blame the highway for wreckless or careless drivers."

To: SI Dave who wrote (205)	10/29/2004 1:35:34 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 377

To conclude "of course not" is a bit hasty. Because of his presence here, TLC had a window-dressing of credibility moreso than your average garden-variety "Make Your Penis Larger" spam email that arrives in your Outlook Express box 100 times a day. And he manipulated that, here, with your clientele, in a manner that made detection difficult, if almost impossible for six years. "Did someone give the investment opportunity a greater degree of credibility because it arrived via a SI PM versus any other number of possible means? Of course not."