Like a hall of mirrors in this place, up is down, black is white...
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Alright, with the number of guys coming in here and taking this thread seriously I'll make a serious post.Butch, you are a liar. You've been lying the last few months telling people you're new, and you lied when you said you were a pilot. All this patting on the back you're getting for owing up to is undeserved and unwarranted.The anonymity provided to us by the internet doesn't allow us to be whoever we want, it allows us to be precisely who we are. Some of us are group-thinkers, some of us like to bicker, some of us are thieves, and some of us are liars. The way to find out who you really are is to examine how you behave when Mommy isn't looking over your shoulder.In the world of throw-away names and protected identities you have nothing on the line. In real life if you owe up to a mistake you are humbly accepting the consequences and willfully taking a hit to your reputation, your one and only reputation. That can sometimes take a significant amount of courage, and some may respect that bravery. The same is not (or at least should not) be true here.You could've just scrapped this identity and created a new one instead of owing up to your lies, so I don't think this should earn you any brownie points. It just pains me to see it's actually working. A formal apology on the internet by an anonymous individual is worth zilch, imo. All I got from this thread is to not listen to what Butcher says. Salute anyways, you're fun to fly with.
You could've just scrapped this identity and created a new one instead of owing up to your lies, so I don't think this should earn you any brownie points. It just pains me to see it's actually working. A formal apology on the internet by an anonymous individual is worth zilch, imo. All I got from this thread is to not listen to what Butcher says. Salute anyways, you're fun to fly with.
I don't recall ever talking to you on vox or flying with ya, so I can see why I would be an anonymous individual, to those who do know me around a GV camp, I tend to have conversations with people all day.
i believe you actually met him yesterday when you were with the 20th on vox but i may be mistaken... The lie would have been worse if it was more on a personal level or affecting others in my opinion. I see no harm in this unless this was to say you were adonai and not butcher and you really were butcher.. brain... melting... AGH!
I want to say I made a mistake a few years back, given over 3 years ago I made the claim I was a pilot in the marine corp that flew Fa-18s. This is completely untrue. In all honesty I never served in the marine corps period, and I was never in fact a military pilot. I spoken to someone tonight I feel I respect quite dearly which was Ink from the army of muppets, and although I did try to apologize over the years I did not make it formal, in another words to people I felt were in my opinion desired. What I did was completely selfish, and I absolutely do not wish for sympathy from anyone.My biggest sorrow is I am nothing more than a Liar, and I will deeply regret what I have done. Callsign Adonai, aka Butcher
People like you are why the Stolen Valor Act was created. While you probably havent tried to wear a uniform or anything like that, I still dont see the need to pat you on the back for telling the truth. You got busted plain and simple, and I along with many others never believed you in the first place. "Pretending" to be in the Armed Forces is about as low as a person can get.
He owned up to it, regrets his foolish and disrespectful lies, and asked for forgiveness. WTF else do you want from him? If you want to be bitter and not forgive and forget, at least don't trample on his thread where he gave his humble apologies.
Nothing. I voiced my opinion.
