tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909488748140942076.post5640520122683000133..comments2024-03-20T18:05:50.971+13:00Comments on NOSTALGIA-NZ: Further reflections on Wishart's book Elementary Nostalgia-NZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048029433699816931noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909488748140942076.post-44148511912142489662016-10-01T21:58:48.414+13:002016-10-01T21:58:48.414+13:00Certainly Pope worked on the public and the potent...Certainly Pope worked on the public and the potential Jury long before they were empanelled. Watson was singled out and treated unfairly from the beginning. We don't know the full extent of that singling out but the secret witnesses read from a script designed to be the most prejudicial it could possibly be. How this type of evidence survives in the 21st Century amazes me, and it should not be forgotten that one of those witnesses recanted after which McDonald claimed not to be able to find him - well, fairness says that with the Crown's witnesses no longer prepared to identify Watson as being with the couple, a witness to a 'confession' recanting that this case should go back to a Jury, no less. The Crown and K McDonald have exploited and stood all over Watson's rights under TBORA to a fair trial - he's never had one going right back to Pope's dirty campaign against him, painting him guilty before even being arrested.<br /><br />Keep up the good work.<br /><br />Cheers. Nostalgia-NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17048029433699816931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909488748140942076.post-13500781872907348562016-10-01T18:08:35.438+13:002016-10-01T18:08:35.438+13:00ever since my wife and i started reading about the...ever since my wife and i started reading about the disappearance of Ben and Olivia and the process that ended with Scott Watson arrested and tried - we have been really concerned at what seems to be a giant brain washing - starting with the rumour mill and a pretence that 'there were no suspects' while Watson was set up, through to the ridiculous photo montages that should have been illegal, as untruths were told by police (Watson had cut his hair, or no one had seen the other mystery man) it was divide and rule - not allowing witnesses to know that other's like them may have had doubts about Watson's identity. as for the ketch not existing - the new research by msrs Jenness, Kalaugher and Hunter (webpage address below), seems to be at last unlocking one of the main mysteries in this case that would exonerate Watson and finally vindicate the testimony of the much maligned water taxi driver Wallace. cheers jc<br /><br />http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11580721Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08514787929600929298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909488748140942076.post-10561556442674621142016-06-13T22:20:09.599+12:002016-06-13T22:20:09.599+12:00I think Ian is going through a bit of bad patch. P...I think Ian is going through a bit of bad patch. Perhaps he's not feeling comfortable that the thin veneer covering his bias against Watson was going to be so easily seen in Elementary. Whatever the case, he's bright enough to know that his threats have undermined the book further. I, for what little it is worth, encourage the group to continue to support Watson. Ian has not established any reason do not do otherwise, unfortunately has exposed that by saying silly stuff. Again, for what little it is worth, I offer my full support to the groups founding administrator including encouraging her to continue on with the group in the commendable way she has in the past.<br /><br />Cheers.Nostalgia-NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17048029433699816931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909488748140942076.post-44530399666841237312016-06-13T21:22:52.439+12:002016-06-13T21:22:52.439+12:00That is indeed true that we have been threatened w...That is indeed true that we have been threatened with defamation action and would bankrupt the four of us if we did not stop every poster from questioning his motivation etc The founding administrator. a young single mother withdrew as an admin rather than try to censor the group Mr Wishart was a member of the group right up until the publication of the E1 when we agreed to block him from posting but made the decision to leave the group public so all can post unless blocked. We want to all to see our view and welcome constructive criticism. Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099024605044782729noreply@blogger.com