Quote from R. Raskolnikov:
Gurus do not have ANY obligation to anyone on a free website to provide proof that what they post about works.
I disagree 100%.
Gurus are obligated to prove that their system works if they are going to go through a lenthy process involving the participants, time, energy, resources and money. Otherwise they are doing nothing but playing head games with people for their pleasure and enjoyment (see the Neoxx thread,
Technical Tragedy as a
prime example).
Or they may actually be seeking some back-end compensation (using the "free system" as a lead-in to taking their course over the internet or at another location). This has happened previously with other members of ET, and is IMHO a very dangeous practice.
Quote from R. Raskolnikov:
If the reader chooses to believe or learn from said guru, then that is their prerogative. If said guru is openly asking for money for a system or for teaching trading techniques then, yes, that guru MUST provide proof.
Please see the above post. Like I said, this situation has happened before, at great cost to the people who were, ostensibly, ripped-off, so it is something that most definitely should be more closely moderated on a TRADING WEBSITE.
Quote from R. Raskolnikov:
If trolls of a website cannot deal with a guru not providing proof yet also are under no financial obligation in any way to that guru, they should learn to grow and and move forward.
If the Guru does not want to provide proof, they are the one who is
the TROLL, IMHO.
Gurus post their information for a number of different reasons, some want financial gain from it (which we have just dealth with), others post for EGO gratification, with nary a care for the people who they are leading down a
rabbit-hole and whose time, money and resources, as well as a potential trading career they are fucking over whilly-nilly ... and I have the PMs to prove it son.
There is of course, the third option of software tie-ins and such, which I have also seen take place with the Jack Hershey SCT trading system.
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Thanks for posting on-topic, I believe the readers get so much more from the exercise that way.
It is obvious that you actually believe the bullshit you are spouting, and it is just as obvious that I am dead-set against you and your
Trollish Gurus at every turn of the
virtual page.