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Okay, let me set the rumors to rest. The masked man who has been planting kudzu and blackberries around town is not me. Yes, I have spoken out against the so-called "tulip boom." Yes, I have said that it is the final financial trap for Generation X, already twice-damned by the VC-flooded dotcom rise-and-crash and the traunch-flooded ARL house rise-and-crash. Yes, I agree with this nameless vigilante, in theory, that the tulip-speculation "market" is irresponsible and dangerous, and that something must be done.

However, I'm on record (many times) as saying that the solution to this is education, competitive markets, and enforcement of existing laws. I am opposed to attempts to disrupt the tulip trade with robust "pest species." I do not agree with these tulip-killing methods.

Skeptics among you have demanded proof, and I find these petulant demands offensive and mistargeted. It is injust that I even need to do this, but I will see this nonsense put to rest. I offer incontrovertible proof:

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I'm glad we could clear this up.