Thornton could have had Dr. Barbay by the short and curlies. When Barbay had Marge dictate his message to Thornton, it would have been on record that Barbay would not pass him no matter what. Thornton could have used this against him to accuse Barbay of academic fraud.
Dependence leads to servitude. Independence leads to achievement. And achievement leads to rewards.
I was thinking the same thing. That would have probably been an easy lawsuit.
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He never said that he wouldn't pass him. He was saying that Mellon was too stupid to ever pass the course.
shareNo, he said, "You will never, ever pass this course." I think he doesn't like the fact that Mellon bought his way into the school by giving the school a check. If he had actually been a hard worker going back to school, it might've been different.
shareWell, yeah, but remember, Thornton was supposed to be in the class taking notes, not his secretary doing it for him. Notice how Jason is cracking up when we first see him in the scene as well?
shareThis is not against the rules. At a lot of large classes, you don't even have to attend. Money was no object.
shareWouldn't have happened. That was back before pansies ran around and sued everyone when they felt that they were offended by everything.
Now, he might have got his car egged....
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I think the matter would have been pretty easily settled when whatever judge oversaw the case got a look at Melon's grades. Had Barbay failed him, there would have been plenty of evidence to prove he was a lousy student.
shareNews flash moron, people have always sued and frequently won for reasons like this.
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bhilburn wrote:
Wouldn't have happened. That was back before pansies ran around and sued everyone when they felt that they were offended by everything.