Stolen Horse--Man is BACK in jail!

[Amyable]

ROPO, you have more tenacity and patience than anyone I know.

I just cannot believe the uncle is willing to go to jail for a horse. There has to be much more to the story...then again, truth is stranger than fiction.

 

[Brindlebtch]

The uncle is a nasty unpleasant dishonest if not downright evil person. He has proved this over and over.

 

[ebonyann]

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No, your feeling could be very right, and he has some kind of plans ongoing or in the works. But it all depends on how smart or stupid he is. A smart person would find some way to do just that, and profit from their crimes. A stupid person might just want to keep the horse just because, in their mind, they have the horse now and they don't want to give it up, no how no way. It may be as simple as stuburness. And considering the course of action he has taken, changing his story midstream and whatnot, I think he is likely stupid.

 

[PortageGirl]

I agree he's just dumb a$$ stupid and vindictive and out for a quick buck out of stubborn cussedness. An "I'll show THEM!" kind of attitude. Which is why I don't think he'd hurt Max either, cause if he says he 'gave' him away, he probably really sold him and he wouldn't want to risk losing some profit since he's a greedy nasty person. He probably figures he can fall back on his relatives in the Sheriff's dept and postpone and put off everything till RoPo gets tired of it all. Thank goodness she isn't going to though!

I pray he's stepped so far over the line this time they come down like a ton of bricks!!!! I mean, aside from all the Right and Wrong of it all, if he paid $5,000.oo for the horse, that's well over what it takes to be a misdemeanor here, it's not a small claims issue, it's a large enough ticket that he's in the doo doo now!

 

[Catstar68]

The uncle, while he warrants all the labels put on him here, is also probably acting out of sheer arrogance. He strikes me, as does the family, as old blood used to getting their way and operating by their own rules. They have oozed their way into the very fabric of that town and, like so many wormholes, have ways around things through family contacts and the 'good ol' boy network'. For once someone with guts and nerve is standing up to him and fighting back and in his arrogance he thinks things will go his way eventually and refuses to see the writing on the wall. He cannot fathom not getting his way so he will stubbornly refuse to comply. Arrogance at that level is akin to stupidity and even more dangerous. He is incapable of seeing himself as wrong, incapable of seeing himself as anything but privileged and right as part of the 'network' and therefore incapable of feeling regret or seeing the point of view of others. It borders on pathological, IMO.

On an aside....I can't believe I'm post #3700!!!!!

 

[averytds]

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You'll get no arguments from me on that score. I thought that from the moment he admitted to buying Max. Expecting to not only keep him, but get $ besides. Well, that almost made me think maybe senile.


I completely get the mean and stupid factors and yep there are tons of horrible things done everyday by evil people, I'm just betting greed falls in there as well. Mean, stupid and greedy just seem to go together.

Plus getting to think Max is leased outside and out of uncle's control just makes me

. Ya know thinking how it all started with a lease and now he's in the hot seat, but unless he let's out what a skunk he really is, there's zip he can do to Max. Haven't decided if the as yet unknowns should stop making payments.

 

[Brindlebtch]

stupid vindictive greedy arrogant stubborn entitled pathological


OK, those will work, too.

 

[urban dreamer]

Although I agree with all above name-calling, lets not go too far and get this thread in trouble. GOD, could you imagine if they shut it down right now!?!

GO ROPO!!!!

 

[Sunny the Hippie Chick]

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I would just die if I couldnt get updates when she is so close to getting Max back.

 

[averytds]

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That would be awful!


Didn't really want to start up a name calling match. I just wanted to give hope for Max's physical well being. There has been a central theme running alongside everything coming out of the uncle from the beginning IMO. $$$$ For $5,000 she can have him, I'm owed $ for vet bills, I'm owed $ for feed and board..... Has there been anything from him that didn't involve $ somewhere in the argument? Money seems to be a big motivator for him.