I have come to the opinion that the negative attacks at the bitcointalk forum under Alternate Currencies are not based upon ignorance but are deliberate attempts at manipulation to try and prevent adoption of bitshares by the cryptocurrency community (in other word trying to prevent innovation much as the telephone companies tried to restrict the potential of the internet in the early days).
Truthseeking is NOT their objective.
Is it better to simply ignore them and just forge ahead with our innovation?
Or should we be spending valuable time refuting their nonsense?