First, I believe that the project is a wonderful idea. I have been monitoring the project and exploring the possibilites and found them to be quite innovative and interesting. I have even had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Laine and have found him to be quite interesting and knowledgable in his findings. I imagine that someone that hasn't explored the possibilites on their own or taken the time to actually interview some of the people that have been working for LiftPort to find out their qualifications may be able to form such undermining opinions. Personally, I think taking cheap shots at people's characters is rather disturbing and shows a bit about the person writing the opinions own character.
Perhaps instead of impuning the integrity of this company or the person that runs it, the author should take the time to display his own qualifications as to such an endeavor. Some of us have actually taken the time to write queries to the company and have received valid and varifiable responses. In my opinion, Mr. Laine is neither a kook or a crook. Perhaps there should be more options in your question. I believe he's merely a business man looking into a new venture. Personally, I could think of much worse places in which to invest my time or energies.
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First, I believe that the project is a wonderful idea. I have been monitoring the project and exploring the possibilites and found them to be quite innovative and interesting. I have even had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Laine and have found him to be quite interesting and knowledgable in his findings. I imagine that someone that hasn't explored the possibilites on their own or taken the time to actually interview some of the people that have been working for LiftPort to find out their qualifications may be able to form such undermining opinions. Personally, I think taking cheap shots at people's characters is rather disturbing and shows a bit about the person writing the opinions own character. Perhaps instead of impuning the integrity of this company or the person that runs it, the author should take the time to display his own qualifications as to such an endeavor. Some of us have actually taken the time to write queries to the company and have received valid and varifiable responses. In my opinion, Mr. Laine is neither a kook or a crook. Perhaps there should be more options in your question. I believe he's merely a business man looking into a new venture. Personally, I could think of much worse places in which to invest my time or energies.