Quote from ratboy88:
sorry....i'll take bear's money... i will even give him 4 to 1 odds. if he can go $50 i will put up $200. if he wants to do more.... let him name the amount... i will go up to $1000.
but honestly... i don't see him taking your side.
Now what kind of delusional world do you live in to even suggest that he might take a bet that agrees with my statement that Cryer will lose the civil case? He "knows" that I'm wrong...
That's just plain crazy.....
You have fallen off the deep end, just like Irwin Schiff...
My belief is very well illustrated by the case of Irwin Schiff. Schiff originally sold investments and insurance and became unwittingly involved in a Ponzi scheme which resulted large financial losses for himself and his clients. He became depressed by his business failure and was diagnosed and treated for bipolar disorder. It was only following his business failure that Schiff began developing his theories about the tax laws and began writing his first book about taxes and the government. Schiff has faced the government in court many times, both in criminal prosecutions for his failure to file income tax returns and in civil actions to assess and collect taxes, and Schiff has lost every time. In pleadings filed in federal court, Schiff himself cited this history of failure, as well as the opinions of a lawyer, a psychiatrist, and a psychologist, as evidence that his actions were irrational and the result of a âmental disease or defect,â so that he is unable to act âwillfullyâ within the meaning of the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to tax fraud. âDefendant Irwin A. Schiffâs Opposition to United Statesâ Motion for Summary Judgment,â United States v. Schiff, No. CV-S-01-0895 (D.C. Nev. 1/21/2004).
So all Schiff needs is treatment? No, as the report of Schiffâs psychologist explains (quoted in the brief in opposition):
âFor the most part, personality disorders do not respond to treatment and are believed to be characterological in nature. ... [Schiffâs] belief system is not under voluntary control. Individuals suffering from Delusional Disorder have little or no ability to alter their beliefs. ... In short, Mr. Schiffâs behavior is not rational. It is the product of a Delusional Personality Disorder that is not amenable to treatment and is unlikely to remit.â
The symptoms identified as evidence of Schiffâs mental disease are the same symptoms exhibited by many tax protesters, namely an obsession with the tax laws, an irrational belief in the correctness of their own position despite all evidence to the contrary, and a willingness to go to prison and suffer financial ruin rather than cooperate with the tax system. And, like Schiff, they will not learn from their mistakes, but will argue, and litigate, and go on âfightingâ their entire lives, usually ruining their lives in the process. And there is very little than anyone can do about it.