John,
What astounds me the most about you is that you still haven't learned one of lifes most important lessons; "What goes around, comes around". Some call it karma, some call it the Golden Rule.
You still bring up ppl's personal and work lives, like its an available tool for you to screw ppl over with. Thats pretty despicable. I remember how you called the local town government on Jack Justis, trying to screw his business over by telling them to investigate JJ for running a business out of his home. Now, we all know that JJ runs a hobby out of his home, so there is no real business and nothing to see. The thing is, that is extremely low for a human being to do that to another, over what? Cuz you felt disrespected online??
Speaking of using governemnt and regualtory bodies, what was your involvement, in 2010, with reporting me to the SEC? By the way, I'm still in business, so apparently honesty and running a clean shop has merits.
I've been on Pool forums for over 15 years. For that matter, in all of Pool, not just the forums, I've gone to the extreme of coming to blows or nearly, with exactly two people; you, John Barton and Fast Larry. When I reflect on why, I see many, many similarities you two share. Many despicable personality traits. The worst trait is that you both feel that if you are slighted, then you can use any means and any lowness to hurt the other person. You both know no boundaries that decent ppl respect. Nothing is too low, if you feel someone rubbed you wrong.
This all goes back to "karma". You, John Barton, put so much bad stuff onto other ppl that if you turned up dead on a Monday, I would not be the only suspect. The list is long, John. I don't have to do it myself, I just need to be patient and let someone else do it. You put so much bad stuff out there, I'm sure you have to look over your shoulder everytime you are out and about. Think I'm wrong? Here's a quick example. You got into an online tiff with Mike Lalumiere. You, JB, got so incensed that you tried to find some extreme, over the top ways to screw with him including finding and harassing his elderly mother, to get at Mike. That is scumbag behavior. You know what?? You forgot about Mike, but he didnt forget about you!! Lou's surprise backer was Mike. Totally took you by surprise. Luckily for you, he only took you for $10k and not done something worse to you.
Take this and look inward, John. It's honest because I despise you and am not gonna sugar coat it, to spare your feelings. You can tell me to F off or you can take this valuable feedback and use it.
Eric