Shawn tries to quit the FSP

source = amanda42's blog
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Request for immediate removal!!!
(Anonymous)
2004-08-21 14:57

Hi Amanda, I have a question/request. How would one go about getting themselves removed from the FSP?? I have sent email to you, Tim, Jason, Alan, and two others; I have called 6 times and never got an answer, I have left message after message. I mean WTF???

Do I have to raise hell and get in the papers? Must I get thrown out instead? Do I need to call a lawyer or maybe ask one of my law professors at school? What do I need to do????

Others don't seem to have a problem, why wont you respond to my repeated requests? Please remove me immediately and send the conformation to my email at showard9@kc.rr.com

If this continues to be a problem, I _will_ have it taken care of, believe me; and it wont involve any free publicity. It will be accomplished through a very quiet court order that will be sealed from public display. I shouldn't think this would be too much to ask.

JUST DO IT!

Shawn Howard
Kansas City Missouri.
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Re: Request for immediate removal!!!
(Anonymous)
2004-08-22 08:11

The only removal option in the statement you signed is if the guidelines change or if the project does not get to 20,000 signers. The FSP is a rather passive organization for someone who has signed the Statement of Intent as no further action is required until 19,999 other people have signed. As it stands today, if you want out you merely have to say that you plan to violate your word at some future date, should the terms of the statement you signed come to pass. This has no substantive effect, as no action is required of you today so your future intention to violate your word is meaningless in today's context. Whether or not they remove you from their count is not of your concern, as they may not believe your word is truly meaningless and until you actually violate your word, you have not broken your agreement. If you wish to go to court to prove that your signed statement of intent is worthless, well, that would be amusing.
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Re: Request for immediate removal!!!
(Anonymous)
2004-08-22 09:38

I was errant in checking my mail until this morning when I discovered I was removed from the the list yesterday; whatever you think you know , you are obviously misinformed. In addition, I sent your reply to one of my professors, and he was the one amused. He wondered if you also practice medicine without a degree, and if so, you should be restrained as a public menace; if your grasp of medicine is no better than it is of our nations contract laws, you are a dangerous individual. Spouting sarcasm based on ignorance is never a good idea. For the record, and to show I'm a good sport, first thing monday (after class), I will withdraw my complaint from the State Attorney Generals Office, where they, assuredly will be amused.

But HEY! You're amused, my professor's amused, and after months of effort - I'm removed. It's been a grand week, has it not? Anything further you might feel necessary to respond with can be sent direct: showard9@kc.rr.com, as I no longer have a reason to visit this forum. Thank you. --shawn
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Re: Request for immediate removal!!!
(Anonymous)
2004-08-22 12:20

In the words of Jason, you can't resign, you can ask for your name to be removed from the list of participants.

Yes, I am extremely amused that one who would sign up for an organization whose goal is more individual responsibility and less government would seek the efforts of their state attorney general to remove themselves from a "contract" that has no legal binding whatsoever. I need no grasp of our nation's contract laws, as you were not entered into a contract. You merely made a promise, with no down side other than your breaking that promise should you fail to fulfill it. I would very much like to know what your professor thought of this situation. Did you show him the statement of intent and participation guidelines as well as my comment? No matter what you say or do now you will not have violated your statement of intent until 5 years have passed after 20,000 people have signed up and you have not moved. Perhaps I have an oversimplified view of this, but it's not a particularly complex statement. Good luck in wherever your travels take you instead.