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Old Feb 7, 2001 | 5:15 pm
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Randy Petersen
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Cigarman.....I do acknowledge your thoughts on this. While not speaking for Chris, i think he might have posted the question up there like thousands of others have posted these types of questions, just to see if there was anything out there for a possible story. If not much or no response, it would have just sat there - no harm and no foul - again, like many of the posts up here where people ask hypothetical questions. Everyone registered on FT has that potential. As soon as he felt after just three comments, that there might be something to this and he may become a reporter, he posted his presense......almost within the hour. I'd say there are many on this board who have posted these types of questions for their own business or professional research, even though they may not be reporters. And even more important to this issue - Chris asked me before doing this because he wanted to make sure it was OK to use anything because of potential trademark or other violations and I did OK him to post a question and asked only that if he moves forward on it to identify himself. I'm very comfortable that he asked first and also that as soon as he thought this might become a story that he identify himself.
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