Oh, this is too funny.
John keeps saying what a clique this place is, and that yes, he lied but everyone does, and wants all of you to "clear his name" since his name was "ruined for no reason"... but how does he start it? By posting under an alias about how crappy the BOI is.
So the BOI doesn't matter to anyone 'major' in the business according to him, but yet the BOI 'ruined' his business. Wow, that's a lot of pull for a forum that no one seems to take seriously anymore (according to him).
Newsflash, dude - your actions did this to you. Yes, there is a lot of off-topic bickering in many threads on the BOI, but the meat of the matter is still there for people to find. Your actions and attitude, not the BOI, hurt your business. Your actions were made public here.
Rather than just leave the matter at "Yes, I made a mistake, I will not let that happen again" and go on with your life, you dredge up the same old arguments. There are many other people who have made mistakes, paid for those mistakes, and with a good attitude and outlook of improving themselves and their actions, eventually gain trust again and do well.
You have to gain people's trust now and your attitude isn't going to do that. Don't blame the BOI. You know where the fault lies. The more you try to circumnavigate the rules to post inflammatory statements here, the more your prospective clients will see what kind of unprofessional attitude you have.
You've shown yourself to be a troll who cannot let an issue drop. People don't like doing business with trolls, it's just unprofesssional. You've just hurt yourself some more.
The following story comes to mind about John's attitude:
I have a relative who has a drinking problem. This relative got several consecutive DWIs. She was put on probation and warned that she would be given random blood alcohol level tests, and if she failed them, she would be convicted and put in jail. Each time she was called in for a test, her BAC was over the limit. Her probation officer warned her of the last test, even hinted as to the exact date and time - she blew the highest level ever at that test and was sentenced to six months in jail. She now has a felony on her record, and keeps complaining that there was some mistake. She repeatedly applies to jobs (without marking on the application that she has a felony), and when they find out, she keeps claiming it was all a mistake, and she keeps getting fired as a result of the nondisclosure. She still insists that she has no problem and was put in jail by mistake. She even blames her stepson for answering the door when the police came to arrest her... if he hadn't answered the door, she wouldn't have been taken to jail (in her mind) - so it's the 15 year old kid's fault that she went to jail.
The problem here is a lack of acceptance of what this relative did. It is always someone else's fault, even though she does admit that she failed the blood alcohol tests. John admits that he lies, but it's still the BOI's fault that his business is bad, that is where the similarity lies in my mind. John may not have a felony, the story wasn't mean to equate felony DWI to what he did.
"Oh boo hoo hoo, no body likes me!!" 