eureka!, page-36

Baukaw - thumbs up to you. The analogy is a bit like this. You are selling your house. Someone bids lower than you hope to sell it for. (you know that if you don't sell it, it will be repossessed and in the hands of someone else.)

This is about balance of power. We DO NOT have it. End of story. We have nothing at the moment but the goodwill of the Africans and the willingness to buy of China.

Jump up and down and we will be belted.

Those who would rather go down with the ship on principle would destroy other shareholders wealth through their selfishness. Luckily the instos are more detached and pragmatic than some.