Nope! Just the State Bar of Texas, which a lawyer can only join by holding a bar examiner at gunpoint.

I have yet to work at a company or attend an educational institute where this is the norm. I grew up with a philosohpy in which respect for individuals is a given, unless they fail to give you respect in return. Respect for their OPINIONS is an entirely different matter, and it is not a given. In turn you have done nothing to gain my respect, yet for the most part I do show it for you as an individual. You fail to reciprocate.

And while we are not attending an educational institute, nor working at a different company, you boast of your superior ethics and intelligence, yet fail to observe a simple professional and universal norm on how to conduct yourself, therefore failing to live up to your own published alleged standards and superiority.

ftfy

There's a big difference between respect and decorum. It's frankly pitiable that you don't know the difference.

Re: sfgoldg01's latest meltdown, someone plz cite a time I've boasted about my intelligence or morality (as opposed to knowledge or diligence, i.e. traits I've earned). Because this is a new accusation for me and I would like to enjoy it w someone

TIA

Congrats on the calculated troll, Jon`C.

A little too transparent, though. Saying that he's thrown his "whole life" into a "cesspool" out of the blue was an obvious provocation.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could keep this forum alive without resorting to unbanning unpopular members, just because they are so easily provoked into saying amusing things? Yeah, it's tough to find meaningful things to post about, but it's also depressing and anti-social to generate it by trolling.

Of course, I don't want to ruin your fun, so feel free to continue, but you can count me out (of this thread). Keep it up, though, and you'll only have mean-spirited people left.

Okay... it's recently been brought to my attention that there is quite a bit of context behind Jon'C's remark.

Gold, it seems you have quite a history here. Jon, I take back my last post.

Trust me, if I were trolling I would have accepted.

So they already brainwashed you into believing I'm some sort of religious right wing fanatical liar and thief due to stupid behavior I put on back when I was 14-17? (today I am 24, a very different person)

I was then banned, and not allowed to come back until recently, and yet everyone here is still stuck in the past. Anyhow, you can draw your own conclusions. I started fresh when I rejoined.

SF_Gold,

By "taking back my post", I had only intended to apologize for to Jon`C for my hasty accusation that he was simply trolling. Yeah, he could totally have tried to be nice about it and refrain from the insult, but your response was much worse than the one that provoked it. The unfortunate thing about having a bad reputation is that you will often have to try extra hard to earn a good one to compensate; responding to his post by saying that he is the "ideal poster boy for physician assisted suicide" is not that.

No, I don't think you are a right wing fanatical liar and thief; at least, I don't think that yet. In fact, I don't really know much about you at all. From your posts this year, you seem like a great guy, which is why I initially stood up for you.

I don't much know what I'm talking about, but I imagine that if you want to gain some respect among the more established members here, perhaps you can start by explaining just what your intents were in this thread from 2009:

http://forums.massassi.net/vb3/showthread.php?55657-Any-one-want-to-go-to-the-beach-next-year

The general consensus there seems to be that you wanted to scam them. What gives?

No, you didn't. You don't get to decide that.


If you want to convince me that you're a better person now, worthy of respect, it's going to take a lot of work. And that's really the problem, because despite the years you're still looking for the easy way out:

- You feel you don't need to earn respect, you are automatically entitled to it by virtue of existence.
- You feel you are automatically a different person because time has passed.
- You feel your record is automatically expunged because CoolMatty unbanned you.


Sure, declaring that you are entitled to respect is a step up from how you used to try to earn it, by passing off others' work as your own, but in the grand scheme of things it's not a very big one.

I never thought he was trying to scam anyone.

I thought he was a dumbass teenager trying to score a quick buck and free vacation c/o his internet friends, by bundling a few commonly available services together. Which is still shady as all get out, but feasible. I just suggested the scenario and remedy because I knew SF_GoldG_01 would be too lazy to make a final plan and contact vendors until the goddamn day-of.

Maybe a portion of the people who went missing in Mexico in the past years is because of his travel agency services.

I had contacted the hotel and I was offered a big discount if I brought in a group people (I think it was 30 or something). I also had contacted a bus line company, and they offered me the same, a big discount for a group of people. Like you say, I bundled them, added a bit of value for a small amount of profit and to cover expenses. People could have gone to the beach for a whole lot cheaper then going by themselves. Needless to say, I only got a hand full of people to sign up, most couldn't travel at the dates the hotel gave me, and I ended up returning everyone's money when the confirm date passed. It was legit, just not properly explained.

EDIT: It is probably worth noting that this is a very common place service in Mexico, literally anyone can do it and there is a surplus of trip organizers in most cities, I am under the impression that this less commonplace in the U.S. and other countries, but not unheard of, but I might be wrong.

Rationalizing something by saying it happens a lot in Mexican cities is not a good way to reassure people that it's on the up and up.

That's not fair. It's not the Mexicans' fault their country is a corrupt ****hole.

I mean, unless democracy is a real thing that works. lmao.

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this week in regulatory capture

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/09/eric-cantor-cashes-34-million-wall-street

I don't think Democratic government input is worthless, it just requires specfic conditions to work properly. The people involved need to care about the right issues, and have a good reason for caring. There also needs to be a strong cultural stigma against corruption. Our problem is that we care too much about issues we can't possible be adequately informed about, and don't care nearly enough about the integrity of our politicians. I think the increase of voter loyalty to parties has greatly reduced the consequences to misconduct. Nixon, for example, would have easily gotten away with Watergate today.

Happy Days Are Here Again, Mary Landrieu Got Her Ass Beat Tonight, Mary Landrieu Got Her Ass Beat Tonight, Happy Days Are Here Again!

thank god, a member of the party that thinks rich white people should own all the real and personal property lost to a member of the party that thinks rich white people should own all the blacks

She's a Southern Democrat. She likely thinks rich white people should own all the real and personal property and all the blacks.

then i guess i don't understand why you're so happy to see her go

I'm not rich. Duh.

hasn't stopped you voting for white supremacists yet

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