Hi Shadow.
Just wanted to say I read plenty of your posts on GHPC and I thought you did a great job of arguing your point in a civilized manner. You did get a little cheeky in return however was never proved to have instigated an attack and anything you did say was much more watered down than anything that was thrown at you. Several of your opponents could give but couldn't take. The common pattern I saw was arguing then resorting to name calling once they ran out of ammo.
Kudos to you!
Sounds to me like a lot of people wishing the world was different. The world is perfect how it is, flow with it. What's your plan if Shadow is right, hypothetically? I hope you have one because the property market rarely makes sense.
If what you say is all true, and we are all headed for a spectacular crash, won't that be better for you anyway? Don't give me all that crap about 'caring for society' either. You can't really beat that drum after the way you've been posting on here.
I can understand this. The thing is, investors are not deliberately trying to make anybodies life hard. They are just playing by the rules to make their lives better. Under a scarcity mindset it's easy to believe that this disadvantages others. Does it really overall? I think this competition/capitalist market has an overwhelming net effect of advancing us all. You do realise that even by desiring a home just for yourself (or even eating meat) you're also making life hard for others in 3rd world countries? Where does it stop? Even the fact we are alive and breathing makes life hard for the planet and others living on it.
You know, we've got it pretty damn good here. The Chinese and Indians want a piece of this 'easy life' we all enjoy here and they're starting to stand up and make it happen. Of course our quality of life is going to go down as a consequence, globalisation was always going to do this. I think it's our responsibility to make the most of what we've got. It's an insult to others who do not have the opportunity to do so. You think life's hard because you can't afford a great place in a great location? How about getting trapped and killed in a dodgy mine shaft working your backside off for $100 per month.
If the energy some of you guys exerted into what could be interpreted as online sooking was channeled into making your own life better I think you would be blown away at what you can achieve. Some of you guys do seem really smart, just bitter and smart. It's clouding your minds and getting in the way of what you want.
If there is a big crash coming, just keep renting and save like crazy and grab yourself a great place at 2003 prices or whatever. Prepare for the worst (which in your case would be there is no big crash, perhaps even more growth and hope for the best).
No need to harp on and on and on about it online. I can't imagine it achieving anything apart from annoying people and wasting time. Out of the super small % of property investors that buy more than 1 IP only a small % of those are actually on here. Even if you could 'turn this forum around' (which you can't) it's still a drop in the ocean IMO. The lamestream media are doing a better job of what your trying to achieve anyway for free.
After you get a place of your own (which I hope everybody does) and if you decide you're ready to accept the rules of the game and want to play to win this place is a great resource.
From what I saw the personal attacks and general juvenile behaviour existed long before the banner.
Muzz, it's good to see you posting more constructively, welcome to the forum and I hope you do hang around and make things 'interesting' for us all (in a respectful way).
