As some of you may know, a certain
individual whom I shall not name—and as it happens have at all times taken
at the very least reasonable care not to name, though he himself has been less careful in concealing his
true identity—has commenced defamation proceedings against me in the District
Court in Perth.
It goes without saying that I shall contest
his action with all the vigour I can muster.
Meanwhile, I have today deleted from the
blog every post and comment that refers to him. I apologise to the authors of such comments, but as the old
saying goes, ‘needs must when the devil drives’. My having made those deletions should not be construed as an admission of liability.
I have little doubt that I shall have to
invest much time and energy in refuting my adversary’s untenable claim that I
have defamed him. That is time and
energy I would much rather spend on writing the blog and otherwise enjoying
life, but that can’t be helped.
My thanks and good wishes go to everyone
who has taken time and trouble to read my posts, even to those readers who
disliked them and in various ways, not only in hostile comments—most of which I
posted—gave the impression that given the opportunity they would cheerfully
have wrung my neck, pulled out my fingernails or hauled me before the Human
Rights Commission (said to be the most horrible torture of all).
Cheers, JP
