A few people got in touch with me today and sent over a copy of a statement made by barnett on what looks like Facebook ...
It's his parting shot to our sport and our industry - upon reading, it's transparently obvious that even in his paintball death throes, he seems incapable of accepting responsibility for his own demise but that comes as no surprise to me, or indeed, to most of those who have followed this thread.
I think I must have used about every possible low-life description I could lay my hands on when describing some of the things he got up to ... but now, it's official - he has hung up his paintball gun and set off for pastures new.
And I've little doubt he will behave in exactly the same way as he has done in our sport wherever he happens to infect next.
Am I pleased?
Am I avenged?
I'm not pleased though I feel I should be because what's been achieved here is, we've cleaned house; and in doing so, we have rid ourselves of a problem that left untreated would have most certainly meant that a lot more people would have been screwed over for their money.
For that alone, I'm satisfied the right thing was done.
As for feeling avenged?
Ahhh, well, that's another thing altogether ..... He told people he'd 'kicked me out of paintball' which is why this thread re-erupted in the fashion it did.
He'd obviously hit a nerve by saying that to a friend of mine but the thing that really pi$$ed me off about it was, it just wasn't true, he lied to make himself look the billy big bollox at my expense - but the irony is, I'm still here .... and where's he?
Find out below because I think I can just about hear the door closing behind him ....Ahhhh, it seems the laxative finally worked
Bye timothy, it's been emotional