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Bitterness ...no.
Nor do any of the other rebuttals apply.

Can the whitewash.
can the anti loyal sentiment.
can the rhetoric.
Can the attempted sympathy for "just" the team.
Investors have put their effort in ...just as much..in time, money, and health ...so that argument simply falls flat.
can the cries of "unpatriotic" , "heretic", "unbeliever"
Can the pat responses that infer.
Can the 3rd rate psychoanalysis.
not one of you has the right to judge another as to what that individual is thinking, believing or feeling. So you can really shove that...into whichever of your own bodily orifices that pleases you.

After 4 years...during which has occurred the passage of a few estimated release dates ...and this time last year ..the last full year of which has seen no update...
Suddenly a statement comes out. Not answering questions past a few technical referrals..
but reiterating that there is still no clearer word on even the possibility of project success.
And ...surprise ...we now are doing a kickstarter.

Want believability ?..
want...need more money...?
Just asking for it will net far far far less..
than first explaining the entirety of the situation.
Transparency of finances..
clear and concise speech.
Answers.
Accountability... essentially.
These are not unreasonable unattainables ...

So can the smoke screen and all the rebuttals which do nothing at all to detract from the the simple fact ...
Many many many questions now need answering...
The least being the fiscal status of remaining funds...
The given that the cost per device is now higher...so by how much?
And many many many more questions need answers....


In the timeline nary a mention of fundraising half way through the project...
Preorder investors were to put up with the next stage of investing...
No mention of kickstarter crowdfunding...
Why is that?
If a kickstarter is needed ...
There are obvious undisclosed issues which need to be made public.

Answers.
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