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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (14767)	7/12/1998 9:24:00 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Respond to of 17305

All this on an unassociated thread with a Charter of "No Bashing Allowed". This one was particularly striking Message 5168010 and the one following it that said Canadians are shorters. You guys must have a device that homes in on these people. It seems you have boxed almost all of them in.

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (14767)	7/12/1998 3:32:00 PM
From: ViperChick Secret Agent 006.9	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17305

Dixie is a hero on the Thread Morons thread... but alas, I am afraid he may be saying adios to SI due to a interesting little post that has already been deleted that's the problem with the Morons thread you have to catch it early or all the good ones get deleted however, here is a little rebroadcast exchange2000.com but sometimes they get deleted there as well

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (14767)	7/13/1998 2:22:00 AM
From: Andrew Vance	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17305

AV--I always knew you and the others were crooks with evil motives. Nowe, after reading the link you provided, you have obviously hung yourself<GGG>. I wonder what would happen if I "outed" you and your co-conspirators relating to Techniclone from 1996??? I'll bet they would hunt you donwn, tar and feather you, and maybe even take a contract out on you. What a nasty bunch of hooligans you guys and gals are<GGGG>. If a group of people got together, face to face, and created an elaborate April Fool's scheme, no one would think twice about it and get a good laugh. But if done in cyberspace, you are branded a criminal with evil intentions. Oh Well. As for me, I loved Techniclone and enjoyed FBN more because it was a situation of a repeat perromance. I think it was an excellent job done by all to prove how you can be duped, with one exception. You almost knew it was a joke from the get go. The real scams are more sinister since it is not obvious you are being taken for a ride. What really amazes me is that you COULD have taken people's money if you were criminally scamming people. People posted and wanted to jump on the bandwagon with obviously no due diligence, no background check, no real question, and a great deal of faith in a stranger's words. With that said, you have proved how easy it is to get unsuspecting people to part with their hard earned cash. You have shown how the BRE-X situation's have come about. you have demonstrated how people can manipulate thinly traded stocks. I see your FBN thread as an educational tool and a great historical reference for the potential for being flim flammed. I am not bent out of shape over this person's attitude but rather surprised. This isn't the first time the FBN affair has popped up in a negative light. I have yet to see (other than the recent SI account of this probably prompted by the WSJ article) much positve commentary on what you were able to do and how you illustrated a very valid set of points. The only thing that I see with any merit are the comments relative to being the "Saviors of the Investment Internet". Even that was twisted to a negative slant. I know where most of the people called out on the post live and work. As a matter of fact, most of them have been very outspoken about themselves. You guys aren't the "Canadian BB Mafia" or the "MM Shorting Cartel". We all seem to go after those thinly traded stocks that seem to be over hyped or spammed. I am not sure what the overall batting average is but I do know we aren't perfect. We hit the nail on the head with BRE-X, SBET, USAG, Cashco, ATIS, PLSIA, and a host of others. However, mistakes were made like in the case of BAAT and TPII where money could have been made. These did retrace and experienced some weird volatility. It just proves that you pick your battles well but are not correct some of the time. I would venture a guess that you are right more times than you are wrong. Enough of this already, though. Most of us know what you tried and were able to accomplish. Certain people should be grateful for what you did to them. All they suffered was some embarassment over an April's Fool's Joke. Some of them now think twice about jumping onto the bandwagon hastily. Some of them were distracted from actually investing in a scam by trying to put their money into FBN. There is a great deal to be grateful for and it would nice if some of the people who were fooled and now are more careful or someone that almost invested in a scam but "chickened" out because of the trick played on them with FBN, would come forward. I think there are some people out there that probably owe you and your group a big thank you for the service you provided by way of this joke. I will also tell you that next April 1st, you will probably have the Third Annual SI joke that will fool yet another audience. Good Luck when you do. Andrew