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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please, wake up people.  All clubs with lengthy and strict membership requirements "blackball", as you put it. This is an unattractive word meaning someone is not voted to be a member. Columbia, Congressional, Burning Tree, Cosmos, Metropolitan, Kenwood, etc all have a process to vet prospective members.  These clubs, including Chevy, do not "blackball" because you're jewish or black (for example).  Persons seeking membership may not be voted in or may be discouraged from continuing in the process if they either exhibit behavior that members do not approve of (being rude to staff, inappropriate behavior, etc) or if a significant number of current members write detailed letters against someone seeking membership.  These letters are not written because of your religion or the color of your skin, they are negative personal experiences members have had with you.  If someone is mean, rude, behaves inappropriately, has treated people badly, etc and enough people have experienced it and feel strongly enough about it to write a letter, then someone may not be admitted.  It's not about the color of your skin or your religion, it's about you as a person - your character, values, personality, behavior, etc.[/quote]

Different poster here. Well considering how many rude people that current members who avoid going there have told me about, your argument makes no sense. Several "rude" people have been admitted. Please stop trying to pretend that this doesn't happen. The only time they seem to care about apparent "rude" people coming in is if they're Jewish or a minority or not wealthy enough to have connections that are useful. Two families were blackballed at about the same two years ago and they were Jewish and they aren't any ruder or inappropriate than several people who belong there so your argument does not stand true. [/quote]

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