So am I to assume your got sucked into his "be a leader not a follower" pitch to you, though his message was more "follow me".

Did you read the same posts I did?

You say: "I appreciate the dialogue in Agoracom and the posters civility and knowledge." Please advise as to one instance where that poster acted in the way you appreciate. Ignorant attacks don't qualify.

As for pumpers and dumpers/hypsters and bashers here; where? Whenever anyone says anything out of line (sans specifying it as "[wild] speculation") in this regard, they are engaged, typically in a civil manner. Attempts were made to deal with that poster in that fashion, only to be attacked with BS and misrepresentations of what the earnest responder said. An example: he suggested flipping this stock was a real good idea. I responded that it MAY be a foolish move depending on circumstance due to tax implications. My post offerred balance, and a reason to carefully consider his suggestion before acting on it. He came back with saying I called him a fool. Posts degraded from there, wasting everyone's time for zero benefit. Apparently you see a benefit to his approach. A benefit I cannot fathom.

So now he's gone (thank God) and people, for some unknown reason, are coming to his defense. Enough already. You are enabling his continued disruption of this board without his direct participation. What are you thinking? You expect reasonable people to tolerate his attacks on PTSC (with no foundation), virtually every poster that responds to him in any manner, and this forum as a whole? Why?

This is not intended to be an attack on you. I actually enjoy all of your posts, except the one I'm responding to. I just don't get it.

SGE