Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=17445446'>posted</a> on 01/11/2013:
Mike, my hope was that people like yourself, who were harmed by the BetIslands scandal, would find in it a reason to reevaluate their relationship with SBR. I thought it was a great move when you changed ball parks there for awhile. But by coming back and re-immersing yourself in the community, even without saying it explicitly, you're sending a message that SBR is already absolved in your eyes. That surprised me, and was more disappointing than I would've suspected.
My admittedly hyperbolic comments were products of that disappointment, and probably levied unfairly. My apologies.
I admit, at first, I thought you were being a condescending little shit with this post. I mean, sure, we all take exception with another respected poster from time to time and feel the need to comment, but you went for the getting laid angle, which I find cheap and banal.
Then, out of deference to you, I took a step back and realized it had in fact been since New Years Day since I got laid. So, I liquored me up a twink tonight and, God bless him, he told me he loved me as he bounced up and down on my rooster. Even now as I change the sheets, I can tell you were right. I did need that, and strangely enough, I have an SBR poster to thank for bringing it to my attention.
So thanks, Optional. You made the world a little better today just by posting here. That might be the coolest thing ever to happen to me as a result of being an SBR member.