Thank you for this post. I really needed to see something like this right now.

Its seems in light of the new change to FI (making it an aurora that will give a constant 3% buff to all raid members withing 100yrds at max level) there have been a new string of posts ripping BM apart, some calling it not viable in any situation. Even Scattered shots on wow.com got in on the action with a post that grudgingly admitted that BM is raid viable but followed that up by saying that he wouldn't invite a BM hunter to his raid on account that we are "gimping our own dps for the sake of pretty pets" and strongly implied that smart raid leaders should do the same. This in particular upset me because SS and wow.com in general is a credible site that is supposed to be neutral and not take sides.

I have a pretty thick skin when it comes to people harping on my spec, but this latest fad on jumpin on BM has gotten to me a little admittedly, so it was nice to read your timely post.

I'm just glad I don't get that attitude much on my server, whether that's from being ignorant or more laid back about things i'm not sure. But if anyone comments they usually shut up once they see my dps :)