Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1564068, member: 26302&quot;]Well, the intent of this thread was not to discuss the article really, but to show how authors, (especially those with extremely biased views), will use incendiary language. To me, any author resorting to such language has lost all respect and I refuse to discuss the merits of his works, since he has refused to present the facts in an acceptable manner. In fact, he has intentionally chosen to try to manipulate me with fear, not with his reasoning. I will listen to all kinds of what I would refer to as &quot;drivel&quot; as long as the author respects me enough to try to pursuade me with logic and resoning. I have read articles saying the US is poisoning the water for muslims, that the Chinese communists do the people a favor by not letting them be a democracy, all kinds of things. All of those things I am open to discussing and contemplating rationally, I simply refuse to be bullied with fear by an author.</p><p><br /></p><p>As such, to me, I refuse to even intelligently discuss his points that aren&#039;t dripping with fear inducing phrases. I know you say you wish to do so, but I would warn you that to do so is playing into his game, as reading an article such as this over and over to understand his points cannot help but slant your view from reading such vitriole over and over again.</p><p><br /></p><p>To a point I agree with your world view Inflexion. I read articles all of the time from news sources outside the US to get different opinions and viewpoints on current affairs. I do draw the line, though, at someone like this intentionally using maybe 100 fear inducing phrases in a 4 page article. He knows what he is doing, and is doing it for a reason. As such, I now know that &quot;TheStreet&quot; generically, and Mr. Jeff Nielson in particular, are sources of information I cannot trust and will avoid at all costs going forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, if anyone wishes to hear the end of the diatribe, here is the second part of the article:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/11748456/1/the-road-to-bullion-default-part-ii.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/11748456/1/the-road-to-bullion-default-part-ii.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thestreet.com/story/11748456/1/the-road-to-bullion-default-part-ii.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, I am surprised no one has called me out on my use of incendiary phrases to discuss Mr. Nielson&#039;s articles. I figured someone would. I did it to show my level of disgust with his writing, he did it to try to scare the reader to invest money the way he wishes them to. I think they are different reasons....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in