just wondered if anyone on here was in the freemasons or if anyone has thought about joining?
or whats anyones views on them?
i know it can be a touchy subject with some and some members probably cant even say if they are in it
no real reason for asking but got asked along time ago if a i wanted to join but never really thought about it again

 

to be honest i don't even like there music mate ....

well not a big fan or dance music in genral.
























lmfao

 

 

My friend is in the freemasons, but he dont talk about it

 

I know someone who is a Mason and from what ive heard its a right waste of time! Alot of time spent mastering the secret hand shake and going to the very secretive meetings, for not alot of gain really!

 

thats the same as a few folk i know.seems they cant or dont like to talk about it.
where as my old man does seem to openly talk about it? its like the further up the ladder they go the more there allowed to say and promote it

 

In Ireland being in the freemasons means alot more than being a freemason in britian.Over here its for the privileged few who have a hardcore protestant family background.The freemasons like to try and pass it off as a friendly charitable group,but as my freemason mate always used to say,"Charity begins at home!!"Regards,Micky

 

theres not alot to master with the handshake
i asked folk before what you get from it and they say you get what you put in.ie if you dont contribute alot and go for the cheap drink only you get fook all in return lol

 

There was an element of sarcasm in that........

 

micky is that not the orange lodge? a different freemasonry altogether surely.as the masons here take any religion afaik

 

They seem a bit strange to me. We done a job for one few years back and he had quite a bit of Nazi paraphernalia around his house. Swastika arm bands even. Is it a religion or what ?

 

what is the freemason what do they do and why whats the point never realy heard of them can some one explane

 

No ,no,very different,I'm in the Republic as you can see by my signature!!!Catholic's cannot join any secretive organisation as ruled by our faith.So its very fair to say,any freemason over here is mostly protestant,as there are very few jews etc in Ireland.Any knowledge I have of the mason's is from my mate who is in it.Regards,Micky

 

my mates granddad was in it & he said it was a load of pish & he just joined cos his dad was in it but mostly becouse he was a nosey cunt

 

I know a couple of boys that are Masons.

They dont say much, they are only in it because their dad was, and their grand father was etc etc...

Only seem to meet up once a month, they aint got no dodgy tattoo's or branding marks or anything either

Id say its alot of shite. Just an excuse for some machomen to feel important.

If it was THAT good, someone would have spilled by now

 

I've heard it said that its not a secret organisation, its an organisation with secrets,
the people in t will keep things to themselves, that's what its all about,
there are masons within town councils etc which can influence the way contracts for building works, road works etc can go. so being a member can open a lot of doors for you.

 

Grandfather rights is all I will say!

 

police officers of all ranks ,majistrates ,solicitors ,members of parliment there every where really

 

the lodge seems to be very popular in scotland, cant remember why but theres a reason for it

theres history of the masons on the net that tells you what its about and all the types of lodges ect

dont forget they also take a cut of your wages for being a member i belive

excuse for a piss up, oh and dont forget theres ranks like in the army too

 

Is it the same one that Fred Flintstone and Barny Ruble were in? With the big blue hats?

 

That's right. It's no secret at all, anyone can walk in off the street and go and see the HQ in Great Queen Street, just off Holborn in London.

Ginge - they don't take a cut in anyone's wages mate, that's a complete fabrication.

 

The bloke who openly admitted in court that he assaulted my mum got off with the charge due to being a mason. Hers and my missus statements were changed and their signatures forged to help him as well. The copper that attended the call and dealt with the case was a mason, as was the copper that gave the bloke a character reference. He was promoted to sargeant directly after the case was finished. As you can tell I don' have much love for the whole establishment...

 

Speak the truth, they are a bunch of cunts with no interest other than their own agendas.
They form thier secret little group to benefit themselves through corruption, they do NOT take any money from wages etc but are expected to contribute to running costs.
They do a token gesture of charity work to try to make themselves feel better as they are lying cheating thieving cunts, who would rob thier own grannie's.
Nothing done by a freemason is done for others benefit, save for a token gesture, and even that is more likely to do with certain groups/organisations not having to pay rates.
tabetha

 

The Simpsons hit the nail on the head with the stonecutters

 

And on what do you base this judgement ?

 

ooooh Mason in the house

 

wtf are freemasons anyway? what do they do exactly? a bunch of gay boys ramming it up each other as these 'secret' meeting. Should suit Mike R

 

No, not at all...........I know people who are including my dad and I know what they're like as people, so I'm interested to know how people arrive at these views as it's perfectly clear they have no idea what they're talking about.

 

how about my view then

 

If you really think that copper got off because he's a Freemason then that's what you think. Your view. I personally think you're wrong. That's what I think.

If it was proved he used his 'connections' within Freemasonry to get off whatever he may have been guilty of he'd get slung out of the Force. Oh, and Freemasonry too. Same as if anyone is convicted of fraud or any crime. They get slung out. So if everyone in it was bent and involved in stuff they shouldn't be, there would be no Freemasons by default, surely ?

As for charity, do some digging on the web abnd see how many childrens charities, cancer hospitals etc have benefitted from Freemasons.

 

exactly the response I was expecting from the son of a Mason

 

What else did you expect me to say ?

 

 

to be fair it may well be different down here as we're such a tight knit community, we've probably just got the highest concentration of bent coppers, councillors etc

but that will prob be my one and only dealing with them and unfortuntely first impressions last

 

 

As I said mate, it's each to their own and you go on what you know and I do understand that. But like everything in life it doesn't mean that a few bent ones (and there have been some hookey ones) should be able to brand everyone the same. They soon get found out, and slung out.

 

So what do these mason's actually do?

 

normally tab you make sensible and rational comments based on your own and others experiences to do with engines. in that light the above is an ignorant, silly and grossly genaralised comment which demeans your intelligence.

 

The cops are obliged to declare their membership of Freemasonry to minimise the risk of the situation Wazzzer describes being possible.

My dad was a Mason, but it didn't get him off a speeding charge, and that cop was another Mason. He's been dead since 1976 so can't ask him much about it!

Don't know much more about it, though I do remember going to one of his pal's funeral a few years ago where there was a huge crowd, and the son told me that many of the mourners were masons from all over.

 

ROFL