From: Mary Yugo
* My understanding was that ad hominems are frowned upon and precluded from this email list. Does that only apply to skeptics? No - all such attacks are frowned on and precluded, but is my criticism over your habit of posting of dozens of repetitive and shallow messages 'ad hominem' in the first place? Criticism about message content, based on failure to read the preceding message constitutes a correctable kind of ignorance; so this is not a personal attack. All that we (long time subscribers to this list) are asking, is that you provide some level intelligent content - to go along with the acidic level of skepticism. We can see that you are intelligent, but strongly predisposed to not trust Rossi. We do not need to be reminded of your distrust 20 times per day. Intelligent comment usually includes reading and understanding the post to which you responded, and some understanding of the science involved. BTW - I am completely skeptical of Rossi in the sense of his business approach and inherent dishonesty, but absolutely convinced that we are on the cusp of a new energy paradigm - and in fact I resent that Rossi's scam-like business plan may inflict another delay onto what has been 'brewing' since 1989. This list is about a new paradigm - not about an Italian clown of operatic proportions. Plus, as everyone can now see - Rossi's momentum has peaked towards either eventual self-destruction or possibly a grand success that will put Steve Jobs to shame (not likely) - but nothing we can do on this list will change the situation. We do not need to be reminded of Rossi's numerous faults twice per hour now that we are almost a year down the road from when the story broke. As for the scammed investors: fools and their money will always be parted - with or without our help. Rossi represents chump-change compared to Enron or Madoff - or especially the hot fusion swindle. Jones
