>>>>FWIW I am getting the same impression of cards being dealt out of the middle of the deck.
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>>>>Spoken like a true gambling man (oh, wait....I'm confusing you with the guys from "The Deer Hunter")....
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>>>>There are no cards from the middle of the deck - I felt from day one that John shouldn't have been banned, and I'm petitioning to change it. As I've subsequently learned that Michel allegedly would have lost a large amount of money (a conclusion I find questionable), the fact that most who have responded want him back is additionally interesting.
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>>>Hundreds who might have answered No are no longer amongst us?
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>>I find it odd that these "hundreds", or even a percentage of them, haven't come back after he was banned. The VFP community is tight and I'm sure people keep in touch with emails. I find it odd that not one person has come forward and said "yeah, I cancelled PUTM because JVP was here."
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>I know a few. I guess they don't come forward as the case is closed and chose not to come forward. Those are the silent guys that do not express their opinion in public (and who can blame them with several bullies who will jump on them as soon as they express)

See my other post on just twitting JVP and being done with it.