I definitely think alot of the excuses are a unfortunate part of people not being able to accept this as true either way, don't get me wrong, theres strange shit about the blogpost no matter how damning it is, but even if there wasnt there would still be naysayers because nobody wants to accept that the thing they loved is entangled in such a big manipulative mess, that it's owner is a giant piece of shit. Hell, I am god's proclaimed Number 1 HSBC fan, but ive gotta admit, theres a good chance its over, and that really sucks for me on a personal level, but its 100% not worth just ignoring all the facts so we can keep playing candy land and act like none of these things are really issues.