Agreeing with KMS here... nicely done. I especially appreciate how nobody stooped to insulting the intelligence of board members for being 'wrong' about a story, or in this case, what became via ZH, a rumor of sorts - which I sure saw other places.
I've grown tired of forums where people are trying to out-awesome one another. Not only am I bone tired of the meme, 'do you research!' - which is merely used as code for, 'I work hard and I am smarter than you, whereas you are lazy and not as bright". It's an awful, awful 'Epic Fail' of a meme ;p
Some of us more quiet folks are not in the financial world. Some of us don't even WANT to stick a toe in that pit, but we have been made to, given world events.
Some of us have careers as far removed from 'making money' as is imaginable, but we are just trying to stay afloat in this madness. People like me, we value greatly the insights of more expert posters. Gloating ads nothing to the value of the insights, but it certainly poisons gratitude and more.
On a bigger scale, this becomes a self fulfilling prophecy that is in fact very detrimental to a society. People with 'special knowledge', especially if it is knowledge that can be of great consequence to others' well being, bear a moral burden of sharing that information. A 'free society', such as we still struggle to perfect, can not survive in a climate of exclusionary self interest. The time you all take to explain these critical matters to your neighbors is time well spent.
Imagine doctors knowing about things you could do to stay healthy and avoid a severe medical condition, but not alerting the public of the threat or what they can do about it. Should we honestly stop at Medicine when asking for moral behavior from our professional class? I think that's a terrible idea - and I cite Humans on Earth as evidence.
We all should see by now how taking care merely of ones self - hoarding not just money but more critically, knowledge - is corrosive. Our system is poised to collapse as a direct result of these very behaviors. It is NEVER the time to say, 'Screw the Sheep'. Never. This mentality is extremely dangerous. It's the voice of the 'house slave' speaking when you hear those words. Those aren't 'sheep'. Those are your neighbors. Your friends. Your loved ones. You NEED to get through to them, or be there for them when they FINALLY come asking you about Gold or whatever.
So ya. Verbose. I know.... Just wanted to say thank you, harp on a positive, and take a moment to encourage more of the same constructive approach that I see here.
Be safe peeps.
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