Thanks for the warm welcome,

[bentwire]

Just stoped in to ask a few questions and was humiliated by one user and told i was a troll by another in the chat area,, i do not know what to thinki, normaly i only find the english and british acting like this,,, what kind of inssults do you want to lay on me guys,, get it over with and let me continue being a usefull member

[chrisncate]

The transcript:

just looking for opinions

do you think cruisers should carry firearms



chrisncate
11:52 PM
Generally? Or with a specific locale in mind?


bentwire
11:53 PM
well generaly



carsonbaker
11:53 PM
cruising with guns is probably the most discussed topic on the sailing forums.

what specifically are you interested in?

because there's nothing you'll hear in a chat room that hasn't been hashed out ad infinitum in a thread already



bentwire
11:53 PM
i HAVE AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION AND HATE TO SELL THEM BEFORE GOING TO SEA

i want to take a few with me



carsonbaker
11:54 PM
bentwire: what kind of boat do you have?



bentwire
11:54 PM
morgan 41



jcase12
11:54 PM
Are you asking for the ability to protect yourself or the possibilty of having to survive marooned



chrisncate
11:54 PM
I'm torn on this issue, I used to be pro gun but now not so much. I see both sides of the issue and just don't know


bentwire
11:55 PM
i just want to protect myself and my family from apist pirates



carsonbaker
11:55 PM
you have no idea what you're talking about.



bentwire
11:55 PM
rapist



carsonbaker
11:55 PM
you're just a troll.



bentwire
11:55 PM
no i am not i have been all over the craibbean

and the philippines



carsonbaker
11:55 PM
you can't even spell caribbean

you're an idiot troll.



bentwire
11:56 PM
the last place i was in the Dominican republic was a bit scary\

well thats fine i really didnt come spell i came to get your thoughts



carsonbaker
11:57 PM
there have never been any pirate attacks in the dominican republic

look at the data

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?...



jcase12
11:57 PM
In the event of protection all you can hope for is to take someone with you not win a fight against people setup for taking you down. now something for hunting I see the need I made use once of that for food during an unexpectly length kayak trip



bentwire
11:57 PM
i am sorry please forgive my bad spelling

ok thank you i have had other expeerienaces

sorry to take your time, have a good evening

i see most of these people are english



chrisncate
12:05 AM
huh, that went.. well..

[bentwire]

do ll the britts and english treat peole like your guys do???

[chrisncate]

Originally Posted by bentwire

Just stoped in to ask a few questions and was humiliated by one user and told i was a troll by another in the chat area,, i do not know what to thinki, normaly i only find the english and british acting like this,,, what kind of inssults do you want to lay on me guys,, get it over with and let me continue being a usefull member

Hopefully you won't let one bad internet chat room ruin Sailnet for you...

I bid you a formal welcome

[bentwire]

No i will not i am very used to it, seem to find one on every beach that hates americans and has to ket you know it,, thanks for the good welcome, i appreciated it,,haven been around the cruiser seen very much so i m probabloy asking questions that haave been ask before,, thats ok i like fresh anwsers,, nice to be here and i will be doing some reasearch to find my questions before i dive into them n a post----l God Bless America

[chrisncate]

Originally Posted by bentwire

No i will not i am very used to it, seem to find one on every beach that hats americans and has to ket you know it,, thanks for the good welcome, i appreciated it,,haven been around the cruiser seen very much so i m probabloy asking questions that haave been ask before,, thats ok i like fresh anwsers,, nice to be here and i will be doing some reasearch to find my questions before i dive into them n a post----l God Bless America

Tell us about yourself, your boat and your guns?

[HDChopper]

Welc0me bentwire ..
Don't let the internet get cha rubbed , you will be mad forever then lol.

I am heading towards a boat myself now , had lots of guns/wepons (old Marine) ect.. at my age it was eazer than I thought to give them up .. now I'm haveing more trouble giveing up my Guitars !

Good luck on your choises.

[poopdeckpappy]

Wait, this is only Wed., I thought warm welcome day was the first Tuesday of the month, right after the tacos

[bljones]

Nobody hates americans here.
How you got that impression puzzles me.

[bentwire]

well good,, my story is interesting it all started when i as
was a young boy, i was very impressed with treasure island and must have watched it at least 10 times in my life, I always had the facination of treasure and finding it, also the fantasy of being stranded on a island with a bunch of females, but thats another story.. I started my quest at the age of 25 traveling to costa Rica. at this time i was elporing the jungles and rain forest down near Golfito and Zancodo, the Duce was my mainadventure point.
I spend many days trudgeing though jungles and tipping over rocks and logs, i found huge round rocks so pefectly circular that they would hav sly rolled down the street with one finger,, however these huge spheeres were on top of Mountain peaks and places that only hilicopterd could have possiblely placed them there.
Then i dicovered the Ticas, these are the Costa Rican girls that seem to think i was more attractive than you would ever imagine, no matter where i went they were following me always asking what they could do for me to t=earn some colonies... as you can see i had soon dound a new treasure to persue and the work to get it was much less,and required less supplies........ will finish this story next visit i know its getting late for you