Racist?

Downs Syndrome boy charged

I’m finding it incredibly difficult to prevent the steam from escaping my ears after reading this howler about an eighteen year old boy who has Downs Syndrome, with a mental age of five, being charged with a racially motivated assault and a breach of the peace. How the hell did it take 7 1/2 months for the ridiculous charge to be dropped?

Heads ought to roll in Strathclyde Police and the Scottish Procurator Fiscal’s office for this gross insensitivity.

This is yet another illustration of how some in this once free and fair country of ours find it so easy to throw about wild and unfounded allegations of racism and somehow hope that in the fullness of time they will be quietly forgotten about, I’m glad that Fiona Bauld and her legal representative persisted in keeping up the pressure to ensure the correct outcome, it’s no fun being on the receiving end of a scurrilous racist charge no matter who you are, or whatever age you are.

On March 31st. I made a post suggesting that Max Mosley the head of the FIA should quit his position over a private matter which will affect his public standing, it was accompanied by a satirical picture and drew a response from a certain Big Al asking if my father was at this Nazi rally and suggesting that I have racist leanings (without any attempt to justify or produce evidence to back it up). On April 1st. I made a post regarding the Fitna film by Dutch MP Geert Wilders involving a temporary censorship by British company Live Leak, again a Big Al jumped in accusing me of being racist and having anti muslim sentiments, he also asked if I am a member of the BNP. Once again these accusations are totally without foundation or evidence of any kind to support them.

I know exactly the IP address of Big Al (who foolishly tried to hide behind an insecure http proxy server) and immediately emailed the person who I believe posted those ridiculous, scurrilous, and libellous comments, a vehement denial by telephone followed soon after. I have given Big Al another opportunity to confirm the IP address since than with a request that the comments be withdrawn and an apology offered, so far Big Al has failed to respond.

Big Al in his telephone conversation also stated quite clearly and emphatically that he does not comment on this blog, nor others, and certainly does not comment under a variety of pseudonyms.

Tomorrow, unless an apology and a request to withdraw the remarks is made overnight, I will post the voicemail message that Big Al voluntarily left on my phone, I will also publish the evidence that I have with regard to the use of a variety of pseudonyms used by Big Al on another web blog, and link them firmly to the same IP address used to post the comments on this site.

I will also name Big Al using evidence of previous comments posted on this website using the same IP address.

I firmly believe that it is in the public interest to name Big Al, his “electronic fingerprints” are all over the libellous comments left here and other comments left under different names at another place. They are wholly at odds with, and totally inconsistent with, his clear statement made to me by telephone and with a public position that he has made on many occasions.

Unless Big Al takes steps NOW to rectify these dreadful comments, then I’m afraid I will have to tell the world who I believe has been responsible and support it with solid evidence. There is no such thing as anonymity for those who think they can throw about grossly unfounded, untrue, malicious, and hurtful remarks on the internet. Not only has he maligned me, he has also involved my 77 year old Jarrow born father who grew up in England during the Second World War (his father was a serving soldier in the defence of the King and country.)

Like Fiona Bauld, I do not intend to let this matter of a racist charge rest.

Stay tuned.

Related Posts

• A word to “Big Al”
• The response to the “Big Al” comments

Update

Negotiations between two parties are currently under way with the hope of reaching an amicable solution to this impasse. Therefore, to ease and facilitate this process, no further comment on this topic will be made as we attempt to reach a mutually satisfying outcome.
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