Slippery,
Good post! I am not convinced that gullibility is the main reason of Hawk's siding with a person without honour. Gullibility and high intelligence don’t match easily.
Someone asked Hawk here days ago (I don’t recall who) to give us his comments on the character of a man who tries to pull a stunt like this. No answer. Did that poster was expecting one? To be frank, I was expecting.
And ctb's gradual change, did you notice? (ctb is a large shareholder, I believe) and he ended up being an apologist of the scam team, CB and clan. As some others here...
No, it cannot be gullibility alone. No way. This R/S the way it was done it reeks like a rotten fish a mile away. The stink is too strong to be ignored. What it is then?
May the wind be in your sails,
Gaougogl