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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Tokyo Joe's Cafe / Societe Anonyme -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Sirk who wrote (149)	5/25/1998 10:01:00 AM
From: Gene Kopple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8798

Dave, since I brought up the IOM board, let me give those of you who weren't a part of that experience a little insight. Most of us were long and sold on the company ( this included TMex-Joe early on.) We were constantly exposed to both positive and negative hype, and if you are a believer, you tend to dismiss the negative with a highly critical view, and accept the positive unless it is totally outlandish. One of those that posted on the generally negative theme was a fellow called Warren AKA. HYPEMENOT. He had a more logical approach then the more overt negative hypesters, but none the less, you tended to dismiss his rhetoric as well. Why? because you wanted to believe that you were right and would achieve great wealth by blindly believing in the company. Although I still am not completely sold on the idea that HYPEMENOT'S motives were entirely altruistic, I must say that his warnings were well founded, and if heeded could have saved many including myself much wealth. Joe figured this out sooner than I, but he also suffered by "falling in love with the stock" just ask him.