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To: Crazy Canuck who wrote (16339)	4/3/1999 8:07:00 PM
From: the Chief	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37507

Hi. thanks for the comments, excellent post. I have a further comment if you don't mind. Sadly, this forum also provides a unique opportunity for others to spread misinformation and untruths. In my opinion, those individuals should, and must, be taken to task when this occurs. I also believe that some individuals are shameless liars, and their behaviour is borderline slanderous and/or criminal. I would cringe at the thought of holding back and not challenging these individuals due their right of freedom of speech. SI attracts many people to its forums. Some are 10 year olds ( I think thats his age) who are now followed as a mini-guru's. We all assume we are always talking to adults or sophisticated investors, this is not the case. A person's perception of an issue can be very different from the norm and still not be a lie! For instance, if I say that BII should go up on the NASDAQ listing, others can challenge this by saying that the number of people who plan on selling into that rise will likely force the price down. Can either point be argued and proven to be right? No, there is historical data that can be brought forward to support my position, but there is always an exception to the historical data, that the otherside can use. More radically, one can challenge the "future price" exagerations in either direction with ease. What I am trying to say is, even the most radical of thinking may not be a "lie"! It very well may be that person's honest opinion. An opinion he/she is entitled to. If it has no redeeming value to the forum, it can be ignored! Well it should be ignored,(IMHO) ...however human nature as it is, requires someone to comment on the foolish remark allowing the opportunity for it to monopolize the thread. I find it interesting to look back over the months to see the "light and darkside" comments on where this stock is going. Enjoyably the darkside people that figure it was a $1.00 stock have now upped there bottom to $9.00 but they still are pessimists. More enjoyably is the endless barrage of messages trying to convince them they are wrong. Which inturn has resulted in name-calling! What people fail to understand is that repeating yourself endlessly over utterly useless material, does not necessarily result in the conversion of one group, or one person to the "otherside". If people just accept that others will have a different twist to their twist on a story, or headline..people will get along. But thats nervanna..which won't happen in SI As far as true blue liars...well I find that their thinking is quickly dismissed by normal forums and they get no airtime at all. Its the fibbers you gotta watch! A pleasure the Chief