criminal convictions and international travel

I think the more burning question is who is the restraining order from and why?

//i took the law of contract and intellectual property... i have yet to take "the law of international travel after you have a criminal conviction"

sure, I understand that, but with zero legal background at all, and two minutes on the internet, I established that there is very little in common between a restraining order and a drug offence, and (wrt criminal offences at least) it depends entirely on the country you want to go to - so the best option would probably be to just call the high commissions or the embassies of the countries to which you want to go. I doubt you'd have any trouble getting into most countries, although the US is notorious for getting snippy about the most minor convictions.

Just you've posted quite a few topics asking for random information, and although it's fair enough that nzm is great for getting a massive range of opinions and advice, I've gotten the strong impression you post here first because you're just too lazy to do the leg work (or open the yellow pages, or google) to find out about, say, churches in the area, or the vast multitudes of peer-to-peer networks, or website hosting information, or whatever. For a university student - someone I'd expect to have at least passable research skills, not to mention your healthy helping of right-wing self-sufficience - it surprises me that you seem to either angle for an info handout, or just pass it off as too hard.

& WRT the satanic bible, what was that all about? Why were you giving out those?

BTW,

//clicking on all the search results when i look up "web hosting" on google...

you don't need to look at all of them, just three or four promising-looking ones from the first page of a nz-only search. OR you can visit websites that you like, or are similar to what you're trying to achieve, and click through to their web hosts (most have a link) to see what they're paying. Then if you posted on nzm "x sounds like a good deal" you'd get a few more geeky types saying "hell, yes!" or "nah, my host offers this".

//Now there's a nice big juicy bit of bait if ever there was one. I'll bite: Who's the most arrogant tosser ever?

Heh. The Big Brute, Aleister Crowley. Obviously. :)

//to prevent me from gatecrashing a wedding)

Busted were glad they crashed the wedding...

Some people go to rather large extremes to make people forever hold their peace.

//And the ultimate badge of capitalist success is passive income derived from your accumulation of capital.

Brilliant work, you've managed to vocalise perfectly the niggle I've had in my head for months.

I think Crowley started off ok, he had some pretty respectable associates, and on the surface a lot of what he says makes some sense, but you have to be pretty careful with anything to do with Hermetics or the Golden Dawn in particular. The purest intent is to speed up spiritual maturity and learn greater truth, but Crowley twists it into an appropriation of power.

He was the original "do what you will" guy. The way he argues that phrase actually resembles the goals of the right-hand-path religions (eastern and western), but he underpinned his teachings with an attitude of rebellion against christianity in particular, and with the triumph of individuality over communion. Granted I don't pledge to christianity any more, but such overt antagonism bugs me, and I also think individualism is a serious error.

Many religious types I speak to are smug in one way or another, but there's a very distinctive arrogance - sort of like crowing about how much smarter they are than everyone else - associated with Crowley and his followers that seriously offends me. Same with the discordians, but not so much with other alternative religions like wicca. I've learned to take it as a bad sign.

I'm praying for a bozo list function if there's ever a new version.

drawing attention? HAHA Are you kidding me?

If you don't say you have a criminal conviction Customs fuck you over even harder than when you say you have got one and you then become a liar as well as a convicted criminal, and declare it or not you are facing the possibility of being denied entry when they find out.

Dan I don't know where you've been or what you've done but speaking from personal experience I lied to get into the States, I've been here on the dodge since my Visa ran out some 8 or 9 yrs ago, I work, I pay taxes and all that good shit (but in my situation that in itself is a crime) during which time I've done a couple things that are illegal, nothing of a dubious or questionable nature, just a bit of biff and a couple dope charges. Now I have crossed into both Mexico several times and Canada 3 I lied to the Canadians and I've been caught and I have also made it through although this last brush with those guys didn't go so well, so I doubt I'll be doing that again anytime soon but my point is this why would I just come out and tell them when I know they aren't going to have any part of it, they have a job to do I say make them do it.

Oh and what are you talking about Heather a couple scraps and felony PCS 1 and 2 and two counts of absconding (for going fishing) I wouldn't call that A LOT!

Someone who know's discgolfer should send him one of the king kapisi "overstayer" t-shirts.

A mate sent me the one with the Samoan flag "keep da faith" but as I'm half Tongan I gave it to away to a friend of mine, besides if I were to wear "overstayer" anything it would have to rep NZ...like maybe the Chesdale cheese boys?
Is it due to my having a pissy attitude this evening or was that last comment a snarky little dig there Dan?