Originally Posted by
eternaltransit
This thread has at times plumbed the depths of the patently ridiculous

I could not agree more, but as pointed out numerous times, I really appreciate the effort by folks like yourself or irish to put up a fight against 42 billion opponents and a few industry experts with insider knowledge.
The outcome was obvious from the start, it became worse, especially after the US3 commissioned a lot of highly paid experts to come up with a report describing the practices in greater detail.
Some ME3 appologists started to panic resulting in unpleasant comments on TV and FT. There is an old saying in German, if you do not have to hide anything, there is no reason to panic and scream.
I compared the situation of EK to parents after supporting their kid for 25 years, after all those years of financial support, their kid can finally make it without financial support from their parents,but the accumulated debt has to be paid and accounted for somehow... @:-)
This is basically the situation of EK right now and considering their debt and the debt of their owner, it is about time.