Happy Anniversary

One year ago the admins, moderators, and some of the other members of forum.susan-boyle.com planned and executed an attack on that forum by means of computer tampering and character defamation of the owner of record, her technical assistant, and members of that forum and others. Their motivation is still unclear. They appear to have been inspired in part by a known cyberstalker who hates Susan Boyle and her fans, but why they believed that stranger over people they knew, had spoken to, and had even met, remains a mystery.  They have never explained the reasons for their actions, retracted the false statements they made, nor acknowledged that what they did in the database and elsewhere was morally and legally wrong.  Instead they blamed their victims and have continued to do so to this day.

Saturday they launched yet another diatribe under the name "SBFII" a bogus identity created because its authors had neither the courage nor the integrity to write it under their own names. For me, pointing out its obvious falsehoods is a useless exercise.  Been there, done that.  People who can deny the evidence of the computer files, their own posts, their emails, their chat room logs, etc. don't wish to listen to reason; they prefer the sound of their own unsubstantiated rhetoric. They may attempt to delete the records of their prior actions and words, but the original files still exist.

What is unfortunate is the degree to which they have deliberately divided the Susan Boyle community.  In addition to their unwarranted attack a year ago, their draconian measures in getting rid of people they disliked through rules made up on the instant, and eliminated as quickly when their friends broke the same rules, alienated many who had originally respected them. Again, they blame their victims instead of acknowledging their own part in this disintegration of the community.

I founded SBFII for the fans, to provide them with transparency and accountability. That was sabotaged from the beginning. Staff delayed the responsible formation of the non-profit, delayed the sale of the site to the non-profit, and of course have never wanted to be accountable to anyone other than themselves. The forum focus has shifted from protecting and supporting fans, to protecting and supporting staff, regardless of what the staff do.   If SBFII deteriorates into a for-profit, rigidly controlled PR machine that doles out visits to Susan based on adherence to admin propaganda, so be it.  It doesn't stop the rest of us from enjoying Susan's music, or supporting her in an honest way.  It will not be the first time I've seen a non-profit organization destroyed by its own administrators.

Sooner or later I believe justice will be done through the courts.   It took 6 years, and several incomplete police investigations, before the phone hacking/police bribery crimes in the UK were taken seriously, but now the arrests are coming. The last time I was involved in a federal investigation, it took 4 years before the Grand Jury was called.  In the meantime I just kept collecting evidence. That's what I'm doing now. And sadly, the SBFII staff keep on supplying it.