Cool - I can play that game too.
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I rest my case.
Rest well, because all you did was not to provide any evidence which indicates that IRC logs are accepted as direct evidence to determine that a contract was signed, even less that any court of law have relied on IRC logs to determine the legitimacy of a contract.
All quotes you posted does not substantiate MPOE-PR claims.
In fact it has been long established legal practice (where "long" means > 100 years) in both civil and common law that any exchange which shows agreement between businessmen of the sort they would normally employ in the usual course of their trade is sufficient and binding as a contract. These aren't retail investors dealing here.
You are clever only to do claims. As I had already admitted, you fail to understand the meaning of evidence. Since you only have a IRC log, that does not count as contract, but as evidence for a mutual agreement. Without a physical or digital signature from both parties, there is not a method to determine if both parties have changed the contract after the initial agreement. That means you or Patrick cannot prove which party is providing the legitimate contract.
Do you like old books? I suggest you read this before you send another 500 Bitcoins to an Internet user:
Handbook of the law of contracts (Open Library)
http://www.archive.org/stream/lawrencecontracts00clar#page/n3/mode/2up