RobertNYC,
There are actually threads that have been started on the virtues of BBFS, most notoriously by the now banned poster Robertpal. I happened to meet both Robertpal and the other now banned poster outed by John Eleganza, at MERB parties in the distant past 10 plus years ago. Although Robertpal never had much standing in this community and was banned by multiple agencies before being banned by MERB, the other guy used his status on MERB and as a MERB party organizer too ingratiate himself with a number of agencies before ultimately being exposed. It would be totally unrealistic to not expect these kinds of things to recur with a new wave of posters, and for all we know one or both of the handles in this thread could be these banned individuals. THis is the internet, anyone can and will say anything.
I think James had a legitimate objective in starting this thread but we have gone way past what James originally started this thread for. I do not disagree with Sam 21's contention that there is an interest in knowing solid information about BBFS clients like the two I mentioned. However, the history is that these threads have not typically been used to post solid information. This is the Internet, where anyone can say anything, hence one of the aforementioned posters duping this entire fucking community (including me) until he went too far and was exposed by John E. The history of these threads on this board is that the BBFS threads do not go in the direction mentioned by Sam21 but rather on one of two other directions, (1) posting hearsay and other information to discredit specific SPs, (2) posting misinformation on health risks, usually in the form of studies whose scientific validity is questionable because said studies were bought and paid for by pharmaceutical companies who want to drain your wallet buying unnecessary or ineffective medications.
I have no problem with these threads if they were meaningful and informative but in the past, by and large, they were neither.
As far as some SPs alluding to the fact that newbie posters may need to be told that they shouldn't ask for or practice BBFS, there may actually be such newbies but do you really want them as your clients anyway? I mean if I was an SP I would not want as a client someone who needs to be told these kinds of things. And regardless of that these threads are not game changers in this industry, they are read by a tiny fraction of the people out there who will ask for BBFS.
So pardon me for my cynicism or for having been here for 14 plus years, but it's based on the facts that I am aware of from having been here over time and I cannot divorce that reality from my mind.