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To: craig crawford who wrote (1838)	1/5/1998 3:06:00 PM
From: JMD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7342

craig, first let me vent for 2 seconds. Your 'get a grip' post seems needlessly antagonistic and leaves me with no idea of your direction. I then have to post and wait for a response to see where you're going. You are far too intelligent to waste time. Done. Now re: Trey and his posts. I have never denied anyone, bullish or bearish, the right to post. Your assertion to the contrary is a straw man argument. In fact, the most valuable threads are those with a healthy mixture of optimists and pessimists. You might recall my response to you a few months back where I regretted not heeding your caution regarding an appropriate entry point for TLAB--I jumped early on a dip and you correctly foresaw that the dip was not dip enough and I expressed my appreciation. For all my enthusiasm for the company, I must objectively admit that it sports a healthy multiple and have openly worried about that in posts to this board. No stock is beyond scrutiny and criticism--if any of my investments are in danger, I want to know about it. My most expensive investment mistakes can be traced to turning a deaf ear to nay sayers. I therefore go out of my way to listen to negative commentary and very much appreciate it. That said, it is my opinion, and it is only an opinion, that a poster should present some reasoning behind his/her point of view. The history of Trey's posts suggests to me nothing of the sort, and, as previously stated, I suspect nothing more than an attempt to use this forum as a means of knocking a point or two off the stock for a quick trade. That is a style I find irritating and said so with a fair degree of sarcasm. In retrospect, mouse clicks are painless ways to eliminate posts that I find without value and obviate the need for free speech debates. So, Trey, what precisely is a Black Cross and what is the case for selling or shorting TLAB? Regards, Mike Doyle