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To: AlienTech who wrote (13281)	10/30/1997 8:55:00 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

AT- very interesting post- your points are concise and perfect- great link- will you like to put this on BK thread..?.

To: AlienTech who wrote (13281)	10/30/1997 9:35:00 PM
From: Cynic 2005	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Alien, interesting post. I personally do not know the situation of Cymer. But judging by your post, I do think that you are very emotional about your position in Cymer. I am not going to argue about the virtues of short-selling or lack there of, but one thing very sure is that a short seller operates under a lot more restrictions than a person who is long. There are a lot of croocked shorts - agreed. But for every croocked short at least there are dozens of hypesters and scamsters who peddle junk as investments. Unfortunately, a lot of folks get emotionally upset over the short-seller but will make every effort to hide their stupidity if they were taken for a ride by the scamsters. By law, a Short is permitted to go short as a protective mechanism for the market. Do you know it is very easy to exert a short-sqeeze than conduct a bear raid? FIDO is a master at that. Just my 2 cents. -Mohan