How to put what you said to your level of arguments... Let's give it a try:
Shark Tank example: How many times do you think the sharks have taken a deal - '5 Million shares in a company, that represent unknown % of the company' ?
[Hint the number looks like 'O']
I do not know ... I hope in the music business, such reasoning has a better chance of to be taken seriously...
Funny you should mention Shark tank...
Alright, there is a P2P ledger out there that proves this event has happened from X-mas 2013 to July 2014. It happened EACH day, multiple times.
You can look up the AGS donation addresses. The PTS one, and the BTC one.
To take your exact quote and modify it to prove my point further:
"How many times do you think the Bitshares community member have taken a deal - '10 000 shares in a company, that represent unknown % of the company' ?"
[Hint the number looks like 'a shit ton']
Everybody reading this is most likely guilty of having done this exact thing. And guess what, we are all happy with the outcome. Those that didn't like it, DIDN'T SEND BTC to a pool of 10 000 AGS when they had NO clue how many shares they'd actually get.
So go ahead and attack AGS all you want. We are taking this "can't sell out / run out of shares" concept which is a great way to raise money, and using it.
Luckily for everyone, you won't buy any Notes since you've already told us your game plan would be to SELL SELL SELL