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Freeman name thread

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  • #32
    relax carry on
    Registered Users Posts: 4,071 ✭✭✭relax carry on


    I can't believe it's not Freemen!

    Conspiracys R Us.

    Are you on your oath?

    Habeas corpus.

    Warning, not to be taken literally!

    For entertainment purposes only.

    Possible side effects may include making a bad situation worse, incarceration and costs against you.


  • #33
    Ken.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,898 ✭✭✭✭Ken.


    The Derry memorial thread.
    In memory of Derry thread.
    We miss you Derry you poor delusional fool thread.


  • #34
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,463 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Pseudo law? Pseudo lot of 'em!


  • #35
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    1. Law for Dummies.

    2. For law, insert coin.

    3. Computer says Sooooooo

    4. I know you are but what am I.

    And my fav...

    5. I'm not a solicitor but i chew our bit free gum. ( donations gratefully demanded)


  • #36
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Snake oil and carpetbags


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  • #37
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,234 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    hullaballoo wrote: »
    I'm liking Law Salad! :D
    Cole's Law?


  • #38
    MrPudding
    Registered Users Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭MrPudding


    I can't believe it's not Law.

    What's Law got to do with it?

    Law? Tried it once, didn't like it.

    Law(st) cause

    MrP


  • #39
    Sacksian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭Sacksian


    I, Donut. Con Sent. True Stories of "Alternative" Law.

    Tiocfaidh ár Law: Hullaballoo's Legal Woo Repository

    WRIT AHOY! Nautical Metaphors, Green Ink and other Legal Fictions.

    The Art of Law: Experiments in Legal Situationism


  • #40
    jd
    Registered Users Posts: 5,680 ✭✭✭jd


    In homage to The Golden Horde (and Robert Anton Wilson):)

    The Chocolate Biscuit Conspiracy


  • #41
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Dublin Legal


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  • #42
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,707 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Works on contingency? No, money down!


  • #43
    SpaceSasqwatch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 768 ✭✭✭SpaceSasqwatch


    Idiot Watch Ireland:P


  • #44
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    I think it should stay as is. There's some good stuff on classic Freemanism that could be valuable to someone conducting a search.

    On the other hand, there's a case for hiving off some of the not-really-Freeman-but-pretty-stupid posts into their own lay litigant thread.


  • #45
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Still hoping for a Walter Mitty-esque sub forum.


  • #46
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    MarkAnthony wrote:
    Still hoping for a Walter Mitty-esque sub forum.

    That's a good alternative, I think.


  • #47
    Marcusm
    Registered Users Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    How about " á Law carte", ie pick only those parts you like and discard the rest.


  • #48
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    +1 on Kayroo's "Legal Cults".

    Or, on a train of thought, "Pseudo-legal cults".

    Or, on a further train of thought, "What a complete..." No, maybe not.


  • #49
    Robbo
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,553 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    "Woo! Woo! That's the sound of da police...but only if they're on their oath"

    I'd rather the thread is left as close to intact as possible as I think it could be useful to someone who was considering using the services of one of these crowds. Boards always does well in Google search rankings so if someone decided to due a little due dilligence on Gilroy or the Hub they might stumble upon us documenting their various failures.


  • #50
    eldamo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭eldamo


    Robbo wrote: »
    "Woo! Woo! That's the sound of da police...but only if they're on their oath"

    I'd rather the thread is left as close to intact as possible as I think it could be useful to someone who was considering using the services of one of these crowds. Boards always does well in Google search rankings so if someone decided to due a little due dilligence on Gilroy or the Hub they might stumble upon us documenting their various failures.


    Yep, "Freemen & Friends"


  • #51
    Serjeant Buzfuz
    Registered Users Posts: 457 ✭✭Serjeant Buzfuz


    Lexapro
    Lex kill all the lawyers


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  • #52
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,463 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    I suppose the problem is that some groups want to avoid the label freemen because that has become utterly discredited. While freemen was originally one group, the term has gained currency as a general discriptor. Perhaps whats lacking is a clear description such as a group who makes false claims as to their success in arguing unverifiable legal challenges for a profit motive.

    That would, I suppose, mean that any group of lay litigants who work for free or who dont make misleading statements as to the law or their successes would not be covered and it wluld become a matter of demonstrating whether one group did or did not fall into such category as the groups emerge.

    Integrity Ireland may or may not fall into such a description and they can argue the toss.

    But it doesnt matter if the groups call themselves freemen or not - that has become the umbrella name for such groups and it is a general description rather than a self description.


  • #53
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,707 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    ...and not quite two months later, I'll now add a poll!

    If anyone has any further suggestions, please feel free, man.


  • #54
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,707 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Poll is multiple choice. There are many options because some of the most-thanked posts had numerous potential thread title options and I couldn't be sure which of them was being thanked.

    The cut-off point was an arbitrary 4 thanks for no reason other than that was where the bottom of my screen met the next most-thanked posts. :)


  • #55
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    No "leave as is" option, I see!


  • #56
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,707 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Grolschevik wrote: »
    No "leave as is" option, I see!

    Added now. I think if you've already voted in the poll, you won't be able to add that. If you'd prefer to leave the title as it already is, just post here saying so.


  • #57
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    hullaballoo wrote: »
    Added now. I think if you've already voted in the poll, you won't be able to add that. If you'd prefer to leave the title as it already is, just post here saying so.

    While I do like some of the humorous ones, I generally think the thread title should be informative. There is a lot of good info as well as humour in the thread. I've referred a couple of academic friends who were doing some Freeman-related research to it.


  • #58
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,707 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Grolschevik wrote: »
    While I do like some of the humorous ones, I generally think the thread title should be informative. There is a lot of good info as well as humour in the thread. I've referred a couple of academic friends who were doing some Freeman-related research to it.

    I'm abstaining from voting because I only started this thread arising from a moderation issue and the suggestion that renaming it could be a good idea given the diversity of movements now all relying on bollocks to fuel some pseudo-legal anti-establishment arguments. (I'm all for being anti-establishment based on reason, logic and philosophy etc. but never plain old bollocks.)

    I don't have a problem with leaving the current title because, in my view, whether it's called dog's bollocks or sheep's bollocks, it's still bollocks.

    In saying that, I am bearing in mind that click-baiting the thread might not be a bad way of bringing people in to read it, thus informing them on the various scams operating on a pseudo-legal basis.

    I agree that maintaining the informative discussion is a must but I don't see that the name of the thread on its own needs to be informative. Anyway, in all likelihood, the new name will be "[new name]...formerly Freeman Megathread" or something to that effect.


  • #59
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Could it be something along the lines of a children's book...I dunno..."Gentle Ben and The Frivolous Lawsuit"


  • #60
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    hullaballoo wrote: »
    I don't have a problem with leaving the current title because, in my view, whether it's called dog's bollocks or sheep's bollocks, it's still bollocks.

    "Bollock's Dictionary of Irish Law":pac:


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  • #61
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    From Robbo, here:
    Robbo wrote: »
    I think we can start calling them the Freeloaders on the Land.


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