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Reaching For The Stars 2/1/03
Doc shares with all stoolies a sense of profound sadness at the loss of heroes. But let us consider not their dying, but the wonder of their living. Seven extraordinary people spent their lives pursuing their dreams, yet always in service to their fellow man. Their courage, their dedication, and the selflessness of the entirety of their beings, are things of wonder. Now, they have achieved immortality.
Doc gives a few more thoughts on this in tha Weak End Anals of Stock Proctology.
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Reaching For The Stars 2/1/03
Thoughts about heroes
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GregFokker 
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Posted 02 February 2003 - 08:30 PM
Well put.
What we do is difficult to compare with the accomplishments of others. Finance and trading seem to be by their very nature studies in the depths to which humans can sink. Perfect zero sum games in which humanity and honesty are jettisoned quickly as dead weight. My own experiences in business were hard lessons in how dirty people can be, even when faced with a win-win situation.
That's why this place and our family of Stoolies is so precious. Though most of us have never met, we're trustworthy. We're caring. We tell the truth and treat each other with respect, sympathy, and humanity. In this most dehumanizing of games, our little band of fecal warriors is rare and inspiring to me. Shit, we even manage to have fun and lotsa laughs while beating the fokkerz at their own games.
So, while our contributions are not as grand or spectacular as those of the brave men & women who risk their lives for science, their country, their fellow humans, well... I'm pretty proud to be with you all here.
What we do is difficult to compare with the accomplishments of others. Finance and trading seem to be by their very nature studies in the depths to which humans can sink. Perfect zero sum games in which humanity and honesty are jettisoned quickly as dead weight. My own experiences in business were hard lessons in how dirty people can be, even when faced with a win-win situation.
That's why this place and our family of Stoolies is so precious. Though most of us have never met, we're trustworthy. We're caring. We tell the truth and treat each other with respect, sympathy, and humanity. In this most dehumanizing of games, our little band of fecal warriors is rare and inspiring to me. Shit, we even manage to have fun and lotsa laughs while beating the fokkerz at their own games.
So, while our contributions are not as grand or spectacular as those of the brave men & women who risk their lives for science, their country, their fellow humans, well... I'm pretty proud to be with you all here.
...A declining spenglerian carnival of Colossaalism united with Inflation where the numbers one through 10 are forever banished as worthless arithmetical detritus from a bygone age... - Beardrech
Naturally we believe the govt numbers... and Boobus Americanus sleepwalks off the edge of the energy-crisis cliff clutching his shares of "Crisco", Yoohoo and GooGah munching on his Yum Yums and Ho Hos. Future historians will have a hell of a time figuring out what the hell Americanus neanderthalus was thinking and exactly what brought on his sudden demise... - Henny Penny
Well, good night everyone. I gotta go lube up for tomorrow's regular end-of-week Gold Slapdown and Stock Index Bear Punishment Rally Weekend Greenprint. ...Probably another Shock-and-Awe Gap-Up-Open and Wire-to-Wire Meltup Runaway Bull Charge Mo-Mo Spike to Fresh New All-Time Lifetime Highs, culminating in a 4:15 yelping scalded dog runoff with panic short-covering and legal not-held bad double fills due to fast market conditions, plus quote system freeze-ups and trading platform lock-outs along the way. *yawn* typical gov't Friday. - Shorty
Naturally we believe the govt numbers... and Boobus Americanus sleepwalks off the edge of the energy-crisis cliff clutching his shares of "Crisco", Yoohoo and GooGah munching on his Yum Yums and Ho Hos. Future historians will have a hell of a time figuring out what the hell Americanus neanderthalus was thinking and exactly what brought on his sudden demise... - Henny Penny
Well, good night everyone. I gotta go lube up for tomorrow's regular end-of-week Gold Slapdown and Stock Index Bear Punishment Rally Weekend Greenprint. ...Probably another Shock-and-Awe Gap-Up-Open and Wire-to-Wire Meltup Runaway Bull Charge Mo-Mo Spike to Fresh New All-Time Lifetime Highs, culminating in a 4:15 yelping scalded dog runoff with panic short-covering and legal not-held bad double fills due to fast market conditions, plus quote system freeze-ups and trading platform lock-outs along the way. *yawn* typical gov't Friday. - Shorty
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PrtzlLogic
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Posted 02 February 2003 - 10:28 PM
Very well-stated, both Doc and Fokker.
There is nothing dishonorable about trading in and of itself. If you add more love than suffering to this world, you are living with honor and dignity regardless of what your chosen profession may be, and regardless of how great or small your influence is.
There is nothing dishonorable about trading in and of itself. If you add more love than suffering to this world, you are living with honor and dignity regardless of what your chosen profession may be, and regardless of how great or small your influence is.
"Well did you read the news today?
They say the danger's gone away.
But I can see the fires, still alight,
they're burning into the night." - Genesis, Land of Confusion
They say the danger's gone away.
But I can see the fires, still alight,
they're burning into the night." - Genesis, Land of Confusion
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Posted 03 February 2003 - 01:52 AM
It is the wonder of their living . . .their courage, their dedication, and the selflessness of the entirety of their beings that serves to help the rest of us keep our vision elevated to the stars above even when we have to keep dealing with the mud below.
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