had its 10,000th unique visitor.
This blog began a few weeks off 12 months ago and 2 days after my wife had sent a letter of complaint from her sick bed to Trade Me after being harassed on the boards (even though she was an infrequent poster and expressed no opinions on a particular case) by a bunch of vigilante nutters who cared nothing for her but saw her as someone who should be punished for being my wife. As we attended clinics and surgery, worrying about what might happen to the woman who is the core of our life, in the background was the chatter of the sick souls of the hate-sites, threatening to come to our house, accost our children, take our children away.
I was encouraged to start the blog by reason that it was felt it was better to confront in cyber-space the stalkers who were prepared to go into the lives of those that didn't hold their vigilante views, and worse into the lives, of families friends and children.
There are things in my life that I admit not being proud of and which still trouble me. But I am proud of my family and my ancestors, proud also to stand up for those silenced or left behind by judgemental fools, by the angry and dispossessed through their own loneliness and bitterness and unwillingness to have love in their hearts.
I hope I may be able to continue to play a role in making the internet safe for users and their families, while at the same time be provocative in challenging what makes each of us human and how we might treat one another, perhaps learn that fear of things unknown, or people unknown is a crippling disability that can be overcome by not judging things or people we may not understand, and to be able to see and hear that which is between the lines.
I hope I haven't offended too many, and don't really care about those that dared come near my family, even by subtle machination.
For the great majority of others, thank you for taking the time to visit here. My best wishes to you.
Congratulations on having 10,0008 unique visitors to your blog!
ReplyDeleteI commend you from moving on from your past and succeeding in
ReplyDelete>> achieving goals and personal relationships to become who and what you
>> are today.
>> Many others myself included are still bound to past events or
>> personalities to leap that hurdle and even with limited success
>> lasting up to a decade at times history dictates to repeat itself
>> because of refusal to cut those very ties.
>> My sense of honor is tied to my past as I live by a code that I refuse
>> to compromise.
>> I take no prisoners along the way I never nark to achieve favour nor
>> target people.
>> Unless of course as has happened to you others target me.
>>
>> I commend you on creating this blog to counter that attack and proving
>> their defamation both on you and your family and other personalities like
>> David Bain .
>> Your focus on other issues within the justice system are also
>> important and your 10,000 views stands as testament to that.
>> The future history of this blog is cast in stone in comparison to that
>> hate site blog and the personalities tied to its creation and
>> participation.
>>
>> I wish you the best in your future endeavours with this
>> blog and your personal life.
>>
>> As a note to any possible readers from that hate site who may slither
>> here.
>> Had they targetted me in the same fashion as the editor to this blog
>> I would not have had the same restraint
>> I would present myself at their door in order for them to understand their
>>targets are real people with real families and ties.
>> signed te-aroha