HANDBAGS AT DAWN

With all the predictability of the sun rising in the East, the Amazon Truthseekers - or nutjob pitchforkers, as they are better known - have started fighting with each other about, well, it seems to be because they don't all agree that Tallulah is just the bestest thing since sliced bread.

As predicted, the blood flowed out 'neath the door of their 'secret' forum, and 

PMs WERE POSTED

There actually isn't much that needs to be said about this latest bloodletting, beyond, You couldn't make it up. The Watcher person did the pm-posting; I wonder if he is known to us by another name?

watcher says:

Wouldn't normally do this, but I am making an exception this once

I do not know what David Bret's agenda is, but, as I have previously explained, he made posts claiming that I was working for Amazon after I suggested that he and the person with whom he was having an argument might like to take it elsewhere. Prior to that I had no previous communication with him whatsoever. In an attempt to resolve whatever his problem was, I sent him the following message :

''David,

I have no idea why you made the allegation you did on Amazon, but I have to say I am very disappointed you did. 

Had you actually taken the time to read the thread you might have realised how ridiculous your comments were. For the record, I have enjoyed your blog and linked to it several times.
I suggest you try to get a bit of perspective. Not everyone is out to get you. 

Kindly do not do that again ''

He carried on making ridiculous, accusatory posts. At some point he presumably read my private message. He responded with this message of his own

''I can only apologise. Two days ago the McCanns' spokesman told me I would be sued unless I closed the Blog. I invited them to go ahead. This will be an opportunity for me to apply for a reversal of the negative press gagging order--bad way of describing it, but basically no one is allowed to badmouth them in the press. They threatened me before about the Express photo, but I had nothing to do with that. Over the last two days I have received a lot of hate mail. You, having the name watcher, made me very suspicious--that's why I reacted the way I did, especially when you began talking about my credibility. Now we have *** *********, who has always been a pain in the backside, and CPN, asking me to share my report. I admit that I have not followed the whole thread, but some of the people on Amazon are almost as bad as those in the Loony Facebook page--say one thing that they don't agree with, and they bring the lack of credibility, you're childish, your books end up in the bargain bin into it.Then they pout when I hit back. It really is a waste of time posting there, and despite what anyone says it is being watched. Whenever anyone writes anything bad anout me on the Amazon book pages it takes them three or four days to take it down--on this forum stuff is removed within minutes. If you feel so strongly about this case, you should come out of the closet, so to speak, and join our group. Despite what some might say, we are a nice bunch--even I am nice there--and we have all the right people, including members of the police, some of which are my friends. ''
I responded as follows

''Thank you for your apology. Now that you know the true picture, I think it is only right that you should repeat the apology on the Amazon thread, to clear up the matter for the other posters. I know you have said you were wrong, but you also said that you did not withdraw other things, and retained suspicions. I trust that you posted that before you read my PM.
For the record, I am not interested in joining your group. Nor will I post on any forum which is specifically devoted to Madeleine issues, as it appears that some posters - pro and anti alike - are unable to behave in a rational fashion. 
Frankly, David, to decide that I was in some way suspicious because of my username - short for birdwatcher if you really must know - and to make allegations on that basis is pretty damned unfair. Even a brief glance back through my posts, or a passing familiarity with the thread, would have told you how nonsensical that was. Perhaps next time you might like to check that you are standing on rather firmer ground before you toss a metaphorical hand grenade into the discussion? Good luck with what you are trying to do. I hope it succeeds. ''

David's response to this was to make a serious of extremely offensive blog entries. Presumable he didn't like being asked to apologise on here, and not skulking away in private

I sent him this message

''I have just read your latest blog post.

What a pathetic non-entity you really are ''

To which I received the following reply

''Takes one to know one. If I'm a nonentity, ignore me. You started this, remember? And just in case you're thinking about it, don't involve anyone else in your vendetta. It's not one that you will win. ''

Frankly, I haven't a clue what has rattled his cage, or what he thinks it is that I started - perhaps he can enlighten us all?

I sent a final message

''________________________________________
Oh do f*ck off. You are a complete arseh*le. ''

And that was the sum total of any communication I had with him. Contrary to his claims, I never emailed him, these were private messages sent on a page MrsD set up.

Normally, I would never reveal the content of private messages, but I will make an exception when being accused of something I have not done. As far as I am concerned, Mr Bret is someone with many ''issues'', who lies with complete impunity and who gets his dubious kicks from abusing people on the internet. I would suggest he attempts - even at this late stage - to acquire himself a life.

The usual pleasantries were exchanged, which led Badger (Hare?) to say:

MrsD did you read any of the blog posts by Mr Bret?

Given the vitriolic outbursts and insults he threw at many people including myself for no other reason than questioning his viewpoint he doesnt deserve any apologies from anyone.

I offered him the chance to allow a right of reply to his comments and he refused and deleted the blog page instead, basically the man is a coward, he runs to the internet and blathers away but in real life I suspect if he was to face up to the people he insults he would run a mile.

Its clear from what David posts on his blog that he likes to twist and manipulate, I would say that Watcher was extremely reserved in his/her comments, personally, I would have hunted the idiot down and shoved his big shiny forehead up his own nether regions!

Oooh, I say, Mabel!!!

And here comes Tallulah himself:

David Bret says:

You see, Badger, how you end your post. Then you plead shock when you don't get the response you are expecting. Extremely reserved is not how I would describe Watcher's message to me via Mrs D's private forum. And yes, we are on the same side, and I am proud to be called a hater. I single-handedly closed down the McCanns' comments page, and will only gloat when they are finally locked up, which most definitely will happen. And whenever I say such things, I get a swathe of the usual comments--my books are rubbish and end up in bargain bins, I am childish, a nonentity, etc. That's why I fight dirty, but only in reponse to anyone fighting dirty with me first. Neither do I twist and manipulate on my Blog: what you see on there comes from me infiltrating the McCanns' various sites, which will continue until they are brought to justice. They have threatened to sue me twice, so far, and I have begged them to go ahead--they won't, because they know that the likes of myself and Sean were right.

Only 'Sean' associated with hateland and pitchforking is one L. Assasin, with whom the police had words about the business of Clarrie's phone...

No, it couldn't be...

And so much for them and their 'Free Speach' - that works both ways, though the Little Hitlers seem to have forgotten it...

No, 'they' haven't threatened to sue Tallalah - he fell for a wind-up. He is of no more importance than L. Assasin.

And no, Tallulah the Troll didn't get anything 'shut down'. They'll find that out for themselves before too long.

Really, the final word has to go to Watcher, who summed it all up perfectly.

Oh do f*ck off. You are a complete arseh*le.