I spent the time to reply to TF's post, only to have it deleted as I tried to post this. So, this is now a standalone answer to a deleted post.
TF, I don't want to engage in conversations about personalities. It is not constructive.
Personally, I find very few negative comments on this board about the company to be anything but personal "axes to grind" because people are sick of the low share price. That's fair, but it doesn't add substantive value to any discussion of the company.
RD actually provides value on occasion with his negative posts, when they contain useful information. Individual shareholders on this board who complain repetitively seem to think that Solomon should consider their personal financial well being over his five year plan. That's not going to happen, as we know, so what good is the repetition? The incessant whining of some members about dilution is just annoying and boring. Nobody likes the dilution.
In response to your question about whether I've initiated a negative post: without going back through my posts (because I really don't care very much), I can tell you off-hand that in the last two days I replied to one of emptyone's posts with a much more negative interpretation than he had of Solomon's answer to a question about dilution. I wasn't supporting a negative conclusion, I was suggesting that it will get worse. I was negative.
Does anybody who reads this board think the "SIAF cheerleaders" support or like Solomon's policy of dilution? If so, that is an incorrect perception. We are as angry about it as anyone, but we don't find it useful to complain about it hourly. The fact remains that he always intended to grow the company this way; he didn't lie to us about it. But he screwed up by not having a Plan B when market conditions changed, and his original plan began to destroy the share price.
Your idea that the supporters of the company who go on the investor tour are pollyanna acolytes who worship Solomon is far from the truth. We're there to ask questions at every turn, and to observe as much as we can.
