Oh please.I'm not pretending anything, Giddyup, nor trying to...

Oh please.

I'm not pretending anything, Giddyup, nor trying to dissemble. On the contrary. The theories doing the rounds here are simply that. Theories. As speculative in nature as MST is as an investment proposition. If they have any merit then it follows that TOD and Lee and all other members of the board are complicit, not only in negotiating this deal, but allowing it to happen. There is no alternative to this. They are not stupid. Nor do I believe they are dishonourable. If this deal has the intended outcome you think, then the Board of MST are complicit in putting it together. In effect they are rasing a white flag. I do not believe that is the case.

I have a fair appetite for risk and have always been prepared to lose my stake in MST. That said, I have never thought this would come to pass. If it does, so be it. It's only money. But I do not see any merit in complaining about putting your money in a company that for many years has been at the high end of the risk-reward spectrum, then complaining when it doesn't work out the way you hoped.

IMO, Lee and the board have done everything in their power to make this work and it remains to be seen what the outcome is.

No more discussion from me on this. It's getting too personal, and I prefer to keep the emotions out of investment decisions, right or wrong.

Good luck.