[farlander]

Thank you for that... erm... ‘succint’ observation. I’ve been trying to figure out an internet equivalent of a good slap or a cold water cannon, but mere rational thinking has only barely worked so far.

[familyop]

"Thank you for that... erm... ‘succint’ observation. I’ve been trying to figure out an internet equivalent of a good slap or a cold water cannon, but mere rational thinking has only barely worked so far."

LOL! Thanks! Yes, the message needs a bit of dumbing-down. Here's a metaphor...hopefully not an allegory for tomorrow. ;-)

Rawhide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP2mcVwQ2as

[familyop]

I don’t know that there was any particularly orchestrated mass sell, but there was a coordinated attempt from market opinion column writers to instigate fear and selling through hyberbole. They managed to get the USD up a cent or two here and there for the time being with their rhetorical Viagra.