Dont try to justify Jerry's actions by telling me what other oil companies are doing. Jerry was on the phone spouting nonsense, jerry was posting private messages that were questionable, jerry was putting out pr's that were misleading.
Pleases stop justifying this kind of behavior. If a company fails the honest way I have no problem with that. But if a company misleads its investors and steals the assets while making things sound rosy the whole time then that I do have a problem with.