SpaceX IPO

EthicsGradient

While this whole discussion has veered totally off-topic, I think we can't dismiss discussion of Musk as "political" or even adjacent to it; he's the CEO of 2 major companies, one of which is about to have an IPO (the value of which it seems we all agree is mostly about "sentiment") and of which he will remain the controlling owner; he has to be discussed. And I would say that characterising him as a "raving lunatic" is within arguable parameters, just as "marvellous visionary" is. His behaviour is well beyond that of other CEOs/owners.

And I believe that the moderators, like those on most forums, are mostly concerned about insults or attacks on other forum members, rather than on public figures. When they suspect comments are about us, not about someone in the news or an amorphous group elsewhere, they're far more likely to take action.

Altior

It's palpably incorrect as the offending post using those words has been deleted. I'm assuming, by the moderators as it was vaporised at the same time as mine.

What you effectively mean in my opinion, is that irrational offensive posts about people you disagree with are perfectly acceptable.

And the valuation of spacex, and Musk's impact on it have nothing to do with the actual question in the OP, how can a British person participate in an US IPO (specifically, spacex in this case).

As I alluded to previously, when someone posts such a thing, as a bottom of the hierarchy forumite there are two options if you want to do something tangible. React to it via the written word, continuing the OT debate, or report it. However, reporting it only works in each instance if moderation is consistently applied. To be fair, one variable I don't know is if my report had been assessed by a moderator by the time that I decided to contribute to the thread.