Shocked at how awful the Pro Se speakers are.
And let me preface this post by saying I think the Pro Se people involved in this case are great for the cause, and no doubt have helped a lot. I mean, arguably if it weren't for Nate Thoma, we wouldn't even be here today. So it's not a bash to say they suck or they don't know anything.
With that being said, it's baffling that the same people who sink so much time into crafting great written arguments and spend so much time on the case, fail to do the same on the SPEAKING part.
Now granted, the judge probably wasn't going to be swayed too much on Pro Se opinions yesterday but there was one example in particular where it could have hammered home a good point. Dorothea (sp?) Barr had an absolutely awesome point, in that she COULD NOT trade under the confidentiality agreement while being on the EC. This was powerful because it completely refuted what the hedgies were saying earlier about how it wasn't a big deal. She was also going at the end of the day, so it was a nice way to put the cherry on top of the EC sundae,. Unfortunately she was reading from a paper and stumbled her way through it. It just reeked of amateur hour and left some scratching their head that this lady was on the EC???? And I am sure she is great and that doesn't reflect her mental skills, but that unfortunately doesn't count when you get up and speak.
J Berg, wow, that sounded like a 3rd grader getting up and reading his book report for the first time. And again, I know his written arguemnt was great, but was possibly one of the worst read arguments ever. The content in it doesnt even matter since the delivery was so bad, it certainly lessened the impact of his message.
Look at how good Parker Folse and Art Steinberg was/are. The way you speak and deliver your lines, is just as important as the content. For the love of god, if Pro Se are going to ever speak again in this thing, please practice what you are going to say, be able to go off of memory, and make it meaningful. Take a public speaking class.
And again, Im sure some will blast me, and I realize they went to Delaware while I sat at home, but if you are going to bring the wood, step up your game and learn how to speak, because some of the speeches yesterday were almost unbearable to listen to, and really lost their impact because of how they were delivered.
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