In reply to an earlier post on Aug 24, 2007 3:58 AM PDT
Caitrina Hunter says:
[Deleted by the author on Aug 24, 2007 4:44 AM PDT]

Same page of review:

In reply to an earlier post on Aug 24, 2007 5:00 AM PDT
Caitrina Hunter says:

Reba

How can you do this to yourself? I don’t know if you have a family but instead of spending time trying to win a battle, try not to lose the war. I know you have a husband and animals, you mention them in your bio.

This is the voice of experience speaking. Spend as much time with those you love as you possibly can. You don’t know how long you have with them. And you don’t know what they mean to you until they are gone.

I’ll never see my daughter go to the prom, graduate from college, get married or have children. My husband will never hold me in his arms again and tell me everything will be all right. Nothing will be ever be all right again.

We were on our way to pick up my son when a drunk driver crossed the center line on the interstate and hit us. For the rest of my life I will remember them covered in blood dying in front of me. I prayed to die with them. Instead my son and I left to take care of each other and he got the short end of the stick. Both my legs were broken in multiple places, half my ribs were broke, and I had internal injuries.

Is this worth one minute of your time with your husband? Your family? Can being “right” replace them?

From the Amazon Discussion in the Romance Section “Deletion of Reviews to Raise Star Ratings”

First Post by Caitrina Hunter:

In reply to an earlier post on Aug 23, 2007 7:12 PM PDT
Caitrina Hunter says:

Ladies, would you like cheese with you whine?

Second Post by Caitrina Hunter: (Same Forum)

In reply to an earlier post on Aug 24, 2007 2:09 AM PDT
Last edited by the author on Aug 24, 2007 5:04 AM PDT
Caitrina Hunter says:

How can you do this to yourself? I don’t know if you have a family Reba but instead of spending time trying to win a battle, try not to lose the war. I know you have a husband and animals, you mention them in your bio.

This is the voice of experience speaking. Spend as much time with those you love as you possibly can. You don’t know how long you have with them. And you don’t know what they mean to you until they are gone.

I’ll never see my daughter go to the prom, graduate from college, get married or have children. My husband will never hold me in his arms again and tell me everything will be all right. Nothing will be ever be all right again.

We were on our way to pick up my son when a drunk driver crossed the center line on the interstate and hit us. For the rest of my life I will remember them covered in blood dying in front of me. I prayed to die with them. Instead my son and I left to take care of each other and he got the short end of the stick. Both my legs were broken in multiple places, half my ribs were broke, and I had internal injuries.

Is this worth one minute of your time with your husband? Your family? Can being “right” replace them?

Find what is important in your life and nuture it, not this.

Third Post by Caitrina Hunter: (Same Forum)

In reply to an earlier post on Aug 24, 2007 5:44 AM PDT
Caitrina Hunter says:

So no one thinks Avines lost her mind, I posted and didn’t like it. So immature and whiney me edited it to what I should have said.

I’ll take my leave you all now. Since I obviously have nothing to contribute other than being immature and whiney.

In reply to an earlier post on April 19, 2008 12:19 AM PDT
Caitrina Hunter says:

Very cheeky, arent’ we? Your venom for this writer is showing in your flagrant abusive conduct. Amazon banned Reba Belle for a reason but you know oh so much more than Amazon, the owner of the site. I offer an observation. Of course if the emails you post are accurate then you are stealing copyrighted material that belongs to someone else. If they aren’t accurate then you’re a liar. Thief or liar. Which is it? DW

Same page:

In reply to an earlier post on April 19, 2008 6:32 PM PDT
Last edited by the author on April 19, 2008 6:59 PM PDT
Caitrina Hunter says:

The copyright owner of an email is not the recipient. The copyright lies with the creator or sender. I doubt the alleged sender gave permission.

Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered “fair,” such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 also sets out four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair: the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; the nature of the copyrighted work; amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

I see no fair use in the emails, assuming they are from the alleged author–fair use does not include subjecting the alleged author to humiliation, embarassment, and harassment. Your definition of fair use has a very chilling affect on free speech. Of course in your and DW’s worlds maybe there is no freedom of speech, only speech which you approve. You rationalize every infringement of another’s right as presenting the truth and your truth trumps right. Got it.

So DW, and Reba Belle by extension, is either a thief or a liar and I stand by my statement.

In reply to an earlier post on April 20, 2008 9:01 PM PDT
Last edited by the author 17 hours ago
Caitrina Hunter says:

Sugar,

I don’t know Ms. MacGillivray and I don’t know you, but if I had to be stranded on an island with one of you, I’d choose her. At least I’d know where I stood with her.

I don’t want your pity so keep it to yourself, I’ve had enough of phony pity and concern to last two lifetimes. I found my own way back to the land of living after I lost my husband and my daughter to a drunk driver. The doctors refused to tell me they died while I was in ICU but I knew. I learned about people pretending to care to make themselves feel better. I learned to be skeptical.

We’re on two different paths. You and your friends are going to teach big bad Amazon and the big bad writer and right the wrong. I see try to see the entire picture and analyze what happened and why.

I don’t see Ms. Belle as a victim like you do. This incident happened nine months ago. Not yesterday, not last week, last year. Nine months ago. She reported it to Amazon. Not satisfied with their response, Ms. Belle posted her displeasure in defiance of Amazon rules. Amazon banned her for breaking the rules, being a vigilante, if you will.

The only reason Ms. Belle is bringing this up is someone went hunting for dirt on Ms. MacGillivray and trotted her out for their own sick reasons.

When one doesn’t question motives and wears their heart on their sleeve then they become the victim and that is truly sad.

I don’t play pile on games. I refuse to be a victim. I’m not a vigilante. And I won’t be led around by the nose.

In reply to an earlier post on April 21, 2008 8:28 AM PDT
Caitrina Hunter says:
Since I’ve developed such a following here, you can watch for me to post a review on Gone with the Wind, the book. It has amazing similarities to today’s world. Sadly there are no Rhett Butlers and way too many Miss Pittypats and Prissys.

BTW Steve, do you speak with a British accent?

Steve, I think she asked if you are British because she thinks you are Peter Harris who is posting here as well and he is British and there’s abit of history there.

99.9% sure Caitrina is DAM

And it is against Amazon’s policies for author’s to post reviews for their own books.

I tried to be rational and systematic in addressing her, but having no leg to stand on, she simply asked me if I was British?

Here in East Texas that is what we call an assbackwards compliment, meaning insult.

If you read the entire post she brushed you off and made reference to Gone with the Wind. In the movie Leslie Howard, a British actor, played the vacillating, weak kneed, lily-livered, infantile Ashley Wilks.

:) I know most readers aren’t going to do that. But I hate to think that people who might be new to blogland might wonder if most authors ..eh, well, we’ll just let people fill in the blank.

I don’t want another’s actions reflecting back on me, for both professional and personal reasons-and yep, I’m honest enough admit some selfish self-interest there. :)

But it also can’t be much fun for the new blog reader to stumble into a mess like this, ya know? Blogland often seems like the twilight zone to me and I’ve been hanging around a while now. What’s it like to the newbies? :-O