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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
Do you honestly think he would post here for free? He can hold his own among us, but he doesn't write for fun, he does it for money. And he ain't making a dime on AR.

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Originally posted by mho:

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
Do you honestly think he would post here for free? He can hold his own among us, but he doesn't write for fun, he does it for money. And he ain't making a dime on AR.

AAZW,

You were around when CB posted here, although I obviously can't know whether you followed any of the threads where he contributed. At the time, he seemed more than happy to contribute with some of his extensive experience from Africa. I remember him chiming in on a thread regarding locations for large leopards, among other subjects.

But it seems to have gone lost, that CB was flooded with hate posts. There was no end to the posters who knew everything better than he, and who were not exactly gracious about it. He was riddled with vitriolic replies regarding his rank in the Marine Corps, and I believe there was also a discussion about selling his David Miller rifle (to pay for college tuition for his daughter). In a word, it was the usual AR reaction - and some posters made full use of their privilege to speak up, to make sure they shouted down a member, whom they perceived as publicly known in the shooting community. It was naturally important, that the world at large was aware, that THEY were in no way inferior to this person (as if anybody had ever suggested as much - and certainly not CB, who came across as very helpful and modest).

After a while of this, CB stopped posting here, and I certainly can't blame him. After all, he is not the only person with valuable contributions to be made, who has been run off by vitriolic replies and apparent inferiority complexes.

- mike

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You were around when CB posted here, although I obviously can't know whether you followed any of the threads where he contributed. At the time, he seemed more than happy to contribute with some of his extensive experience from Africa. I remember him chiming in on a thread regarding locations for large leopards, among other subjects.

But it seems to have gone lost, that CB was flooded with hate posts. There was no end to the posters who knew everything better than he, and who were not exactly gracious about it. He was riddled with vitriolic replies regarding his rank in the Marine Corps, and I believe there was also a discussion about selling his David Miller rifle (to pay for college tuition for his daughter). In a word, it was the usual AR reaction - and some posters made full use of their privilege to speak up, to make sure they shouted down a member, whom they perceived as publicly known in the shooting community. It was naturally important, that the world at large was aware, that THEY were in no way inferior to this person (as if anybody had ever suggested as much - and certainly not CB, who came across as very helpful and modest).

After a while of this, CB stopped posting here, and I certainly can't blame him. After all, he is not the only person with valuable contributions to be made, who has been run off by vitriolic replies and apparent inferiority complexes.

- mike

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Originally posted by mho:

quote:

Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
Do you honestly think he would post here for free? He can hold his own among us, but he doesn't write for fun, he does it for money. And he ain't making a dime on AR.

AAZW,

You were around when CB posted here, although I obviously can't know whether you followed any of the threads where he contributed. At the time, he seemed more than happy to contribute with some of his extensive experience from Africa. I remember him chiming in on a thread regarding locations for large leopards, among other subjects.

But it seems to have gone lost, that CB was flooded with hate posts. There was no end to the posters who knew everything better than he, and who were not exactly gracious about it. He was riddled with vitriolic replies regarding his rank in the Marine Corps, and I believe there was also a discussion about selling his David Miller rifle (to pay for college tuition for his daughter). In a word, it was the usual AR reaction - and some posters made full use of their privilege to speak up, to make sure they shouted down a member, whom they perceived as publicly known in the shooting community. It was naturally important, that the world at large was aware, that THEY were in no way inferior to this person (as if anybody had ever suggested as much - and certainly not CB, who came across as very helpful and modest).

After a while of this, CB stopped posting here, and I certainly can't blame him. After all, he is not the only person with valuable contributions to be made, who has been run off by vitriolic replies and apparent inferiority complexes.

- mike