| cooch |
| (.300 member) |
| 04/05/09 08:46 PM |
Re: Brittany Boddington Leopard Incident
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At no point did I call anyone a liar. I was examining BBs statement, which I take as her recollection of the situation as she saw it. At no point in her statement did she suggest that she shot because she knew that any member of the hunting party had been attacked. She effectively states that she was suddenly alerted to the leopard's immediate presence by her PHs shot. She steps out and fires at a leopard in long grass and admits she could see only the backline of the leopard. Regardless of whether the PH said she did the right thing or not, she DID fuck up. In my book, shooting a member of the hunting party = fuck up. That is true, regardless of intent. She was, however, unlucky. We all recognise that, which is why all the comments have so far been (too?) sensitive.
Steady on. Please.
Firstly, I did not accuse you of that, and I do not know why you would have drawn that conclusion from what I wrote. You cannot call someone a liar when you are unaware of what they said (at least in this context). However, once you have been made aware of what has been said, to *further* contradict them requires that you are either calling them a liar, or you are calling them incompetent.
You have now clearly and obviously contradicted a person who is far better informed and far better placed to observe the situation, than you will ever be. I can only suggest that you obviously have very high confidence in your powers of deduction .... and ahhhh "intuition".
The clear implication of the PH's statement , is that the client did exactly as she should, givemn the information availabkle to her at the time. We are all aware that there are time when unknown circumstances render our best decisions inappropriate. But this should not be used as an excuse to denigrate someone who did their best with what they had.