Life is hard enough without some greedy little asshole stealing what little you have. Especially when that person comes to you under the guise of friendship.
Chris LaMont, let me make something very clear to you since you're an ignorant idiot, ...YOU ARE A THIEF AND A LIAR! I DID NOT "give you" my rare film collection. AND I cetainly DID NOT "abandon" it. Since you're so stupid as to not know the difference, let me take the time to explain it to you
Stealing - to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force. to appropriate without right or acknowledgment.
Abandon - to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert; to give up; discontinue; withdraw from. to give up the control of. to cast away, leave, or desert, as property.
So you see, when you asked to "help catalog" my property (with no intention of returning it), and then spend decades at a time avoiding me, not returning my calls, running from me, hiding, changing your phone number, never calling, and acting stupid and ignorant of the whole affair, ...it is clearly THEFT!
Had I actually abandoned my personal property, I would not still be trying to get it back after all these years, ...now would I? Have you ever heard of anybody abandoning their million dollar lottery ticket? Have you ever heard of anybody choosing to abandon their good fortune? Are you trying to convince me that I choose to "abandon" my child's college education? You're an asshole.
Let me ask another question: Have you ever heard of some greedy little pussy, ripping-off a friend out of greed? Your story is not unique. You are only one out of millions of dickheads out there, that doesn't have balls big enough to live his own life and make his own way without stepping on others for no other reason than selfishness.
Not a democracy
You may have convinced others of your bullshit story, but it sounds simply stupid to me. Someone told me that you have been telling people you got my film collection from a projectionist at the theater. Now why would you say that? When you "helped me catalog" my rare film collection, the movie had already stopped playing in theaters for over five years. JEEZE, YOU CAN'T EVEN BE TRUSTED TO TOUCH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT YOURS!
As for you assanine assertions that I didn't care about my property...
Why then would I make you get on your knees and swear on your life, AND to offer your children's lives up for collateral, AND to swear-off all movies forever, AND to sign the agreement IN BLOOD?!! ...if I did not want my rare and exotic personal property?
With all that swearing and blood-signing going on, you'd think that you would've made even the smallest of efforts to return AT LEAST SOME of my collection. The entire year before I moved to California you had EVERY opportunity to show some integrity. "You forgot it", "You'll bring it next time", "You'll come over (and forget to bring it yet again)". You're a fuck-head.
...and even IF I moved away, how's that an excuse for you to not uphold your sworn oath? How's that any less stealing? Does it make you feel like less of an asshole to tell yourself that? Have you ever heard of "The Mail"? What possible excuse (besides being a thieving liar) do you have for not sticking it in the mail?
Ok, according to your bullshit story that I "Gave" you my film, why then did you run and hide from me a few months later when I returned from California? A normal person, in those circumstances, would rush to greet me and once again thank me for the generous gift. As that person would do even still today, rather than continuing to run and hide like a scared little pussy-boy.
Clarification of terms
I'm really sorry that my once good friend has chosen such a miserable life, and not to demonstate any integrity or good character traits. However, I had nothing to do with that. I tried my best to always treat Chris Lamont with fairness and friendship. He's an asshole (thief, liar, scumbag) by his own doing. The fact that I'm stating the obvious is only with good intention.
First, maybe Chris doesn't know what a jerk he is. I'm doing him a favor so maybe he can live the rest of his life better. Second, I'm letting everyone else know for their own safety. Chris Lamont has a history of "sticky fingers" and of running scams. He has been known to offer up the lives OF CHILDREN as COLLATERAL(!!) for the rip-offs that he runs on people. This information is based on my first-hand experience.
If I haven't said it enough...
CHRIS . . . YOU - CAN - NOT - HAVE - MY - FILM - COLLECTION!
...what part of that don't you understand?