Richard Benham is Dead

Richard D. Benham, 52, vile Internet troll, slanderer, libeler, hypocrite, is dead.

Indeed, in his Inferno Dante provides a very special place in hell for the Richard Benhams of the world and he places them in Canto XI, the circle of complex fraud or malice:

[22] The end of every malice is injustice,/Achieved either by fraud or violence/Against others. And while heaven hates either vice,/ [25] Fraud is peculiar to humans, and hence/Displeases God more; thus the fraudulent/Are put lower and suffer a pain more intense…[58] Are nests of hypocrites, flatterers, lying creatures, Sorcerers, simonists, pimps, thieves,/Swindlers, seducers, and other filthy vultures. (Dante Allighieri, Inferno, Canto XI)

Richard Benham was, without a doubt a sick man, a suffering soul, full of malevolence and malice. He was angry person as are so many persons who are chronically ill. Richard Benham’s anger and apparent self-loathing turned out against many persons, many of whom never knew of Benham and whom Benham never made an attempt to know as persons; they were merely fuel for his anger. I happened to have been one of his victims.

Benham worked by ambush and had no concern for the immorality of his actions, had little regard for truth, and even less for the effects of his wanton irresponsibility. He had every marking of the sociopath.

Benham was scathingly self-righteous but not righteous. His way was the only way and he was not above attacking anyone who disagreed with his take on an issue.

Nor was he above lying, fraud, slander, libel, defamations, confabulation; his vulgarity was shocking.

Benham was oblivious to anything but the ad hominem and launched his venomous invectives not only upon the target victim but maliciously attacked the innocent, including family members and acquaintances of the victim. His arrogance was boundless and his gratitude primitively self-serving: he glorified a backwoods journalist, relegated by the editors of his small regional rag to cover backwoods towns and the “hill country” when said journalist devoured Benham’s scandal but Benham vilified at least three others and their editors for opting to discard his rubbish and to ethically refuse to publish it.

Benham fraudulently obtained unreliable information from sources and then irresponsibly published it; when presented with evidence and information refuting his conclusions, not only refused to apologize or even retract his incorrect publications but became even more scandalous to cover his error.

Benham was so undignified that he attracted and at times recruited minions to join with him in his malicious attacks; his appeal is - was - to those of his ilk – the self-loathing, the malicious, the angry.

Benham is dead but his toxic blogs live on as his testament to an impoverished life and soul; the immaterial, pablum-puking testimonials and memorials to the hypocrite chameleon Richard Benham merely give testimonial to the superficial presentation of a deeply disturbed individual and to the overall superficiality and herd-instincts of a self-loathing community of misfits who devour scandal and are overly quick to condemn.

Benham was the epitome of the Internet troll and has become a symbol of a misguided intellect and life. But he is dead now and the Internet and the world may be a minutely better place without him.

Benham died a defendant in a defamation lawsuit; he escaped temporal justice but now faces a more exacting justice and an absolute judge. May he receive his just deserts.

But despite what Richard Benham was in life and as hopeless as his life turned out to be, we can only pray that a loving God will be a merciful God and give Benham a reprieve and shorten his infernal agonies. Despite the evil that Benham perpetrated during his short life it remains the duty of those he injured to forgive him and to pray that the purgative suffering of his abused soul be mercifully of short duration, and that he receive forgiveness. Whatever one believes one should try to forgive pitiful souls like Benham and lead a more charitable life, a life in observance of the two great laws that would make the world a more gentle place to spend our short lives.
At any rate, may his suffering in hell be less than the suffering he caused others on earth.

He now stands alone in a silent world of shadow.

Amen.

Is Newsweek Reading This Blog????

As we've already reported below, elected judges in the New York State Unified Court System, especially one Joseph C. Teresi, have not been getting very good press--and rightly so.

We became unpleasantly aware that the problem is epidemic in the United States, in many of the highest courts in the states, and even in the Federal Court System. This came to light recently when we picked up a recent Newsweek magazine and found these articles in very prominent places in the magazine:

When Judges Behave Badly February was a spectacularly bad month for the judging business. Last week Samuel Kent, a federal district judge in Texas, pleaded guilty to obstruction-of-justice charges in exchange for the state's dropping sex-crime charges. Kent may go to prison for three years for groping female subordinates, and there is talk in the Senate of his impeachment. Then Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, was charged by her state's Commission on Judicial Conduct with five counts of violating her duty and discrediting the court. Published Feb 28, 2009. From the magazine issue dated Mar 9, 2009 Dahlia Lithwick on Legal Issues By Dahlia Lithwick http://www.newsweek.com/id/187007

and

Imagining Life Without Lawyers So what are we to do about all these lawyers? Philip K. Howard, founder of Common Good and author of "The Death of CommonSense," is right—the very last thing we want to be doing right now is watching as not one but two attorneys fill up all the sock drawers at the White House. In his new book, "Life Without Lawyers," Howard argues that we are being choked to death by Law. We churn out more than 70,000 pages of new rules in the Federal Register each year, and the proportion of lawyers in the workforce has nearly doubled between 1970 and 2000. In Howard's view, our reliance on law, lawyers and lawsuits has turned Americans into neurotic cowards who "go through the day looking over their shoulder instead of where they want to go." January 31, 2009 Dahlia Lithwick on Legal Issues By Dahlia Lithwick http://www.newsweek.com/id/182569

Ms Lithwick's impressive credentials in journalism and law can be found at Dahlia Lithwick. Lithwick is a NEWSWEEK contributing editor and a senior writer for slate. a version of this column also appears on slate.com.

And another very relevant article on When should judges step aside? Justices weigh case . This article points out the concern over judges who sit on cases despite evidence of bias and argues that they should step aside. The Supreme Court is stepping up to the plate to make a decision on this serious problem, since our judges can't manage it themselves. According to the article, in part:

'Our whole system is designed to ensure confidence in our judgments,' said Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the crucial vote on the divided court. Large campaign contributions in judicial elections are undermining faith in judges, several justices said.
During lively arguments in a closely watched case from West Virginia, the court's four liberal justices and Kennedy all expressed support for a ruling that the Constitution's guarantee of a fair trial could require judges not to participate in a case in which there was a likelihood of bias."

We'd like to know your impressions and opinions.

Please use the comments feature on this blog.

Please Visit Our Justice Blog

Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice

Pee-wee

orders you to visit our Justice4Sale blog at http://newyorkcourts.blogspot.com/

Some of the judges of the New York State Unified Court System (apparently unified only in their talent for malconduct, misconduct, and quasi-corruption) should be sentenced themselves or have the dignity to step down. But American justice--especially the species currently alive and well and living in New York State-- is based on party politics, law-firm money, bias. Even judges who are censured that's the step before actual removal from the bench--are still allowed to pass judgment on others. Visit the Justice Hall of Fame and Shame.

Read about some of the rogue jurists and their flavor of justice they're handing down at our Justice4Sale blog.

This month we're featuring Judge Joseph C. Teresi, a New York State Supreme Court justice sitting on the 3rd District Court in Albany, New York.

New York judges accept campaign money law firms that appear regularly before them, accept political party support for re-election, regularly violate the standards of judicial conduct with impugnity, when caught they're censured but continue their travesties undeterred! They even attempt to mislead the oversight tribunal charged with disciplining them!

New York State Judges make a fraction of what a reasonably good attorney would make in private law business so we can only assume that the judiciary is a catchall for either lawyers on a power-trip or lawyers who wouldn't make it on the outside.

The truly frightening fact is that they are in the same bed with the lawyers and law firms that pay for their election campaigns and then appear before them. Aren't we asking too much of human nature to expect them to pee down the legs of the political parties that got them into and keep them in office and to turn their backs on their chums, the lawyers?

Despair of Justice in New York!

Benham Emerges from the Cesspool to Take a Breath

Benham Alert! Which one is Dicky?

Pompous Piggy!

(or 'Frank (J.I. or F.B.), if you're reading this, we know!')

Well! Defendant Richard Davey Benham has finally emerged from his hideout to spew some venom our way again.

While any Benham sighting is not what one really looks forward to, given the usual hilarity and joyfullness that heralds the re-appearance of our favorite Internet Troll...accompanied by the unmentionable after-odor (What's that I smell? Methane?) that penetrates the air once he makes his ambush appearance and then disappears to wherever he fakes he is.

He's particularly upset about a number of things in his most recent rant (most probably because dear old mum's accepted service of the Summons and Complaint on his behalf; with his usual inadvertent exposés and admissions he's only confirmed a number of important points despite the usual red herrings he releases on each of his appearances). Nor does he miss the opportunity to be his usual vulgar, profane, and common self with his characteristic filthy mouth and aspersions.

One really has to ask one's self: what's Richard Benham's point? Is he really saying anything at all? Where does he get his material? Benham's probably the greatest inventor since Edison! He invents his facts, invents his sources, invents himself! So predictable, so pathetic!

Well, this is intended merely as an update on our Internet Troll, Richard Davey Benham. We've probably wasted too much bandwidth on this report already but it is of interest because he's been very quiet since August when the lawsuit was filed against him and he's been served at his last-known address (per his correspondence and his membership listing). But who knows; he's probably faked that, too.

Is the Pompous Piggy real? Maybe. But the real question is: Is Richard Benham real? We're really doubting he is a real person and guessing he just may be a cyber parasite. Maybe he's a blog virus or maybe he's just one of God's little creatures (the one at the right) who seems to just get into everything and makes a general nuisance of himself.

Anyway. Dicky's back. Benham is, too, so enjoy the rants.

Answer: Dicky is the one on the right ;)

Advantage Suzuki, Albany, New York and other Matters

This post is a follow-up on recent posts:

Advantage Suzuki, Albany, New York (see below: Wednesday, January 28, 2009)

So far not a peep from Advantage Suzuki. Shows how much they care about customers, fair dealing, the public's opinion.

You'd think they'd have contacted AJ with at least something of an apology, even a free car wash? No. But that's the way businesses are run (into the ground) in the Capital District (for those of you who are not aware, Albany is the capital of the bankrupt--or nearly so--state of New York), so-called Tech Valley (also known as Yeck! Valley).

As a matter of fact, Advantate Suzuki, was still running the ad in the Times Union (the local rag) for that very same vehicle at the same price.

If the public prosecutor's offices and the courts here weren't so disordered and corrupt, perhaps it would be worth a lawsuit ... and speaking of the courts ...

All the Justice You Can Afford -- New York's Courts at their Worst

Please don't neglect to visit our new blog at http://newyorkcourts.blogspot.com/ "All the Justice You can Afford" a.k.a. Justice4Sale.

This week we're spotlighting Judge Joseph C. Teresi, a judge whom we've had the opportunity to observe in action and who's been up before the New York State Commission on Judicial [sic] Conduct -- or unjudicial conduct as the case may be -- and he's been recently censured at least twice in 3 years and managed to get into the spotlight a couple of other times for 'questionable' conduct on the bench. There's also some very disturbing mention of his bias against pro se (persons appearing before the court without attorney representation) litigants.

For the otherwise inept and timid Commission on Judicial Conduct (whose proceedings are "confidential") it's quite an accomplishment to censure a sitting New York State Supreme Court Justice ... but twice?!?!?!? Read the facts and visit the CJC decisions webpage for the details.

Another 'acting' (and 'acting' she was!) New York state supreme court justice, Kathleen M. Doyle, who was replaced on our case and replaced by Teresi, was also censured and was not re-elected.

At the CJC site, you can read about other scoundrels on the bench. The relevant links are included at the http://newyorkcourts.blogspot.com/ site.

Richard Davey Benham, Scott Horne, Joan Ross, John Luckacovic

We'll be posting updates on this quartet of defamers, abusers, and conspirators.

We really shouldn't wonder that the American insurance companies need bailouts when they foot the bill for recidive offenders and their defenses in court. But then, if the offenders had to pay their own bills maybe they'd think twice about misbehaving? Nah!

Wonder if the insurance companies that are working with them (we'll post a couple of tidbits on them, too!) ever heard of the concept of moral hazard? Until they have to answer for their misconduct, they'll continue it.

Two rats have been silenced for the time being: Richard Davey Benham and Scott Horne. Since the lawsuit was filed in August, they haven't posted anything about anyone, anywhere.

Thanks for your support!

Advantage Suzuki an Online Presence ... The Used Car Salesman is Alive and Well

Just for kicks and giggles we Googled "Advantage Suzuki, Albany" and came up with some items of interest. But before you go to the link below we must make you aware that the Advantage Suzuki discussed in the article is located in Hattieburg, Mississippi, and may not have any connection whatsoever with Advantage Suzuki in Albany, New York. Nevertheless, it would appear that there is little "advantage" dealing with any "Advantage" if we read some of the reports that come up on a Google search for "Advantage Suzuki".

In a civil, well written, well articulated piece on a site called Ripoff Report by a woman identifying herself as Roxanne Wells, a 28 year old housewife, we read some allegations that cast more light on an "Advantage Suzuki". If we cut through all of the 'personal' problems that Roxanne had at the time and simply look at what the concerned Advantage Suzuki and "Delbert" did, we have to shake our heads.

When reading the story, please don't get caught up in Roxanne's background problems. Look only at Advantage Suzuki's and Delbert's conduct. After all, if Roxanne admitted all her problems up front--which she claims she did--, any honest, and ethical professional would have been up front with her, too, and would have either

• forgone the sale and explained to Roxanne that a number of things had to be taken care of before she could reasonably expect to purchase a car, OR
• would have gone through the necessary steps to assist her in purchasing a car honestly.

True, Roxanne may have brought some baggage into the picture but that's not the point. The point is that Delbert--or whatever his real name is--and the concerned Advantage Suzuki did some very questionable things and caused unnecessary problems to an apparently honest consumer.

Again, keep in mind that the Advantage Suzuki in Hattieburg, Mississippi, may have no connection whatsoever with Advantage Suzuki in Albany, New York. We are posting this link only to illustrate another "Advantage" debacle.

But click here on review to read another consumer impression of Advantage Suzuki in Albany.

For Sale! Like New! A large selection of pre-owned cars!

Living Up to the Name "Used Car Salesmen" or Fraud?

Advantage Suzuki of Albany, New York, Takes Advantage

Albany, New York. Business as usual in the failing Tech Valley. Picture this scenario: You are looking for a used car and you peruse the automotive section of a regional Newspaper, the Times Union, a publication of the Capital Newspapers Division of Hearst Corporation and you find a perfect match offered by what you presume to be an established and reliable dealer, Advantage Suzuki in Albany, NY. So you tear out the ad and make your way to the dealer, test drive the car, decide it's what you're looking for, negotiate a sale price, make your deposit to secure the deal, take a day off from work to take care of the banking and insurance aspects, etc. Then you get a phone call from the salesman who says "We've got a small problem."

Well, that's what happened to AJ (intitials changed to protect the individual) when he responded to an ad appearing in the January 24, 2009, issue of the Albany Times Union. The ad was part of a larger offering placed by an Albany, New York, authorized Suzuki dealer, Advantage Suzuki, located at 760 Central Avenue in Albany, New York.

The Advertisement

AJ went directly to Advantage Suzuki the following day and spoke to a salesman there, Russell Frost, test drove the 1999 Suzuki 1999 Suzuki Esteem GLX wagon VIN# JS2GB41W4X5161845 (Advantage Suzuki Stock No. 21-417) and found it to be what he was looking for. AJ negotiated a price for the vehicle with Frost and confirmed the deal with Frost's manager, David Laurence, who agreed to sell AJ the vehicle for $3,200.00 (from the original $3,990.00). That was on Sunday, January 25, 2009.

AJ takes the day off on Monday to make banking arrangements for the purchase, to arrange for insurance coverage, and the usual formalities connected with buying a car. At about 3:00 salesman Frost leaves AJ a voicemail message saying that there was a "small problem."

AJ returns salesman Frost's call and is told that the vehicle will not pass the required New York State vehicle inspection, that the state inspector would not pass the vehicle because of deterioration of the vehicle subframe. Salesman Frost informs AJ that the if he wanted the car, the repairs would cost about $2,700.00, in addition to the negotiated and agreed price.
AJ makes some inquiries with other automotive specialists, smells a rat, and makes arrangements to return to Advantage Suzuki to inspect the so-called defects himself. He brings along a witness.

On arriving at Advantage Suzuki Frost meets AJ and leads him to the repair bay where the car is raised on a lift. Frost attempts to demonstrate the deterioration using the light of his cell phone (impressive, eh!?!). AJ's witness tells Frost to get a proper light. Frost is unable to respond to questions and when asked if he knew what a "subframe" is he says "No. I'm not sure." (This is a 'professional' selling cars to the public!) He points out a square part but is unable to identify it or its function (it was the oil pan). At this point patience is wearing thin and AJ instructs Frost to get a mechanic who at least knows what he's pointing to. '

Frost enlists one of Advantage Suzuki's own mechanics, M. (name not used here to protect the individual) who explains the problem and can point out the affected parts. M. states that in its present condition the inspector would not release the vehicle. The vehicle was, in M's own words, not "retail ready". When pressed to explain the term "retail ready" M. explains that what he meant by not "retail ready" was that it was not in suitable condition to be sold.

When confronted with this situation, salesman Frost admits that the vehicle was not inspected before it was advertised, that if a vehicle looks pretty good it is put out on the lot, and that the ad was placed in the automotive section of the Times Union "to make the Saturday paper" (absolutely undaunted and careless of any effect on the responding public!!!).

AJ asks salesman Frost what he intends to do to make good on the deal. Frost says that he can offer to do the repairs for a reduced rate if AJ agrees to the original advertised price of $3,900.00. AJ asks Frost to give him the total figures for all costs and fees and agrees to consider the offer. (Frost then informs AJ that the down payment made was "reversed", that is, credited back to AJ's credit card. AJ had not previously demanded return of the down payment.)

The next day, on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, AJ calls Advantage Suzuki to speak to a manager (on the Monday evening there was apparently no manager present) to discuss the arrangements to be made. Instead of the $3,990.00 AJ makes a compromise offer of $3,500.00 for the vehicle including the necessary repairs.

This time he speaks with manager Joe Barakat who refuses the offer of $3,500. Barakat says that he'll go ahead with the repairs and sell the car for more money and make something on it. AJ, already disappointed and feeling abused, refuses to pay the $3,900.00 and rejects the offer.
The important issues in this incident are that Advantage Suzuki either placed an ad in the public media (including the Internet) advertising a vehicle for a specific price which obviously was intended to draw the public attention and attract potential buyers. Advantage Suzuki did this either

• Knowing the vehicle was in their own words not "retail ready" -- in other words knowing that the vehicle was not suitable for sale for the intended purpose because of defects, or


• Were unaware (but should have known!) that the vehicle was not "retail ready" yet still offered the vehicle to the public for sale and implied its operability and suitability for its intended use; that is, implying the vehicle was suitable for operation and transportation.

By Advantage Suzuki's own admission, the vehicle "looked good" and was put out on the lot and the ad was placed in the newspaper "to make the Saturday paper." Advantage Suzuki negotiated and agreed to sell the vehicle for $3,200.00 to AJ -- even presuming that minor repairs would have to be made to protect the seller's and the buyer's interests and to offer a reasonable warranty -- accepted a down payment in good faith (establishing a contract) and then, on discovering that the vehicle was not "retail ready" attempted to extract from AJ more money for repairs, and when AJ refused to pay the additional money and insisted that the original deal be honored, Advantage Suzuki managers David Laurence and Joe Barakat refused, even saying that they intended to make the repairs and sell the vehicle for more money and "make something on it."

From these facts it is obvious that:

• Albany's Advantage Suzuki either did not care whether the vehicle was "retail ready" when it advertised it or that Advantage Suzuki did not take reasonable steps to ensure that the vehicle was "retail ready" before the ad was placed.


• Furthermore, it is very obvious that Advantage Suzuki management doesn't give a rat's ass for drawing a consumer into this irresponsible mess and then ignoring the inconvenience caused to the potential buyer.


• Finally, Advantage Suzuki apparently has no regard for its agreements and commitments regarding its deals made with consumers acting in good faith; in fact, Advantage Suzuki acted in bad faith by agreeing to a price and then, discovering that it was at a dis-Advantage due to their own negligence, tried to get the buyer to foot the bill and then they refused to honor the deal.
  

On our Scoundrel Scale, Albany's Advantage Suzuki scores a 9.5 or two pink rats.

That's a rare high Scoundrel Score.

And now, does anyone wonder why businesses are tanking at an unprecedented rate in the Capital Region area?

Advantage Suzuki has been invited to comment.

We notified Mr Dave Laurence, one of the involved managers at Advantage Suzuki, of this blog entry. Mr Dave Laurence has submitted a response but, before publishing his response, we have asked Mr Laurence to respond specifically to the facts reiterated in the comment below.

To see the facts for which we are requesting Mr Laurence's comments, click on "Comments" below.

We note that the same ad for the same vehicle appears on page C-11 of the Times Union newspaper as shown on the online Times Union. (HWV: 28Jan09)

We do not waive the opportunity to file a formal complaint with the Times Union Consumer Advocate, Suzuki of America, and the Albany District Attorney and the Office of the Attorney General.

Advantage Suzuki's website can be viewed at: http://www.kookyforsuzuki.com/index.htm

The actual Advantage Suzuki advertisement in the Albany Times Union can be viewed at: http://tuweb1a.timesunion.com/adsonline/images/pdf/332004401.pdf or http://tuweb1a.timesunion.com/adsonline/displaylarge.asp?Adid=332004401&adPage=11&adsection=C&Adname=Advantage+Suzuki&adURL=&adEmail=&viewdate=1/26/2009

Advantage Suzuki is rated: "Okay sales and service, rude finance manager‎ - triker1‎ - Jun 5, 2008" at http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf8&ie=UTF8&q=albany+advantage+suzuki&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&hl=en&latlng=2097647586842328569&ei=6oqASafsGobaNqWDsLwC&dtab=2&action=open

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What? Nothing to say?

Pompous piggies!

Mr Benham and Mr Horne have apparently gone underground ... since August not a peep! Coïncidentally, the lawsuit arising from Benham's and Horne's Internet abuse and defamation was filed in New York State Supreme Court in August against defendants Benham, Horne, and co-conspirators Ross and Luckacovic. Since then they've all been deathly silent.

C'mon blowhards! You had a lot to say before...why so quiet now? Did your so-called "attorneys" (yeah! right) tell you to shut your reeking mouths. Well, that won't make the lawsuit go away, lads and lasses. Ball's in your court (no pun intended). Putting your snouts in the air and closing your eyes won't make it go away.

Interestingly (using the word very loosely), Benham is hiding under some rock somewhere (as usual) and making believe he doesn't live where he said he lives in several recent communications. But given the number of documented frauds he's perpetrated to date that shouldn't surprise anyone, should it? But where now is the pundit of Internet pseudo-ethics, the defender of integrity and professionalism à la Benham (Saints preserve us from the Huns and Benham's pseudowisdom!)? The "professional" translator with all of four (yes, that's read "4") years of translating experience (if you can believe that bit of nonsense) who's set himself up to be the arbitor, defender, adjudicator of the international professional (he includes himself in that classification) linguist community. Nevertheless, Benham has been served with the lawsuit summons and complaint at his last known address. If he applies his language skills and "vast" interpretive competencies to diligently reading the charges against him, he may humbly seek a settlement. That's sufficient under the law.

Horne (is that really you?) published this ridiculous pose with someone he obviously picked up at some nursing home and dressed up the poor ol'dude. In fact, Horne actually found it necessary to point out which one he (Horne) is in the picture (what's with the silly outfit, though, and the gloves???) If that's a genuine "judge" perhaps he can help Horne out in his defense. Horne is allegedly "traveling" a lot lately (on the lam? We wonder if his passport shows all the aliases he tends to use?)--or so he says. Since getting wind of the bailiffs' visits, he's apparently not answering his phone and not answering his door. He had so much to say and contribute by way of scandalous poetry and commentary just a short time ago and had so much vital information to share with us all on practically any and every subject under the septic leech field, he's silent now. Wonder why? But he's been served with the papers and despite the former U.S.-American-now-new Canadian's (one might ask why the color change) ridiculous insistence on being "Canadian French" now, he's being sued in English--that's his native, birth language, by the way. Talk about inventing one's self!

As for their accomplices, Joan Ross and John Luckacovic have been served with the lawsuit papers for their parts in the cozy relationship with Benham and Horne. Things will go much differently now that we know exactly their strategies and we have their sworn deposition transcripts that contain some incriminating statements against their accomplices. No dried up haemorrhoidal judge is going to do a fast-and-easy on this one and their insurance companies may think twice about footing the bill for their defense this time.

We still have an "ace in the hole", so-to-speak, and we'll play it at the appropriate time. So stay tuned and thanks everyone for the leads! Keep in touch and keep us informed and we'll do the same.

Happy New Year 2009!

And Remember ...

P.s. One wonders: Will Terry W. be dressing up like a court reporter this time? Or will she be masquerading as a trollette (won't need much makeup, will she?)?

Pathological, YES! Intentional, Maybe not!?!

I've often marveled at the revelations by some people's recycling bins.
This may sound strange at first but just think about it for a moment. Most of us notice the many recycling bins that line the streets for pick-up on specific days of the week. One can't but notice the contents and creature curiosity or a particular item sometimes urges one to have a closer look.

For some time I have mused with the notion that some of these Internet trolls and sockpuppets and their co-defendants (again!) may suffer some psychopathological condition--indubitably they have sociopathic leanings--or that they might be pathological liars--as some indeed are--but then, I charitably mused, their recycling bins may give a clue to what is actually going on. For example, when deposing one of the defendants--Joan Ross, to be precise (after all, that information is public record)--I asked if she were on any drugs. Whether she lied or not or perjured herself (again!) or was simply ignorant, she answered "No!"--naturally accompanied by her typical indignant ranting diatribe of abusive invective and nonsense--but then the ol'recycling bin reveals to public view and speculation a clue to the possible underlying problems.

As we all know alcohol is by definition a drug. When one consumes an alcoholic beverage, the active substance (ethanol or in some desperate instances methanol) alters psychological, physiological, mental processes and, depending on the amount consumed and the frequency of consumption, those effects can be either transitory or the consumption may have chronic effects, including but certainly not limited to sociopathic and/or unpredictable behavior, misperception/misapprehension of and inappropriate responses to stimuli, loss or partial loss of intelectual and mnemonic faculties or outright blackouts. My sense of justice and fairness oblige me to take under consideration all possibilities, including the peripheral and circumstantial as well as common-knowledge facts and those facts of which I have personal knowledge. My conclusion is fair and reasonable: past experience and the physical evidence indicate that there may be an alcohol-related and/or drug problem associated with an indifference to truth and chronic lying accompanied by a disregard for the consequences, or it may be that the problem may actually involve the afflicted's total unawareness of the difference between reality and his/her perceptions and statements.Now alcholism manifests itself in (1) a pathological/sociopathic auto- and xeno-abusive consumption of alcoholic beverages either publically or clandestinely, (2) the abuser's external manifestation of the effects of the abusive consumption, (3) the effects of the abuser's consumption on those around him/her, (3) the reaction/response to the alcoholic's behaviors by the subject (the alcoholic) and the objects (those around him/her). But the abuse of alcohol is frequently only the behavioral aspect of much deeper psychological problems, such as anger, self-hate, unresolved guilt, inapropriately processed grief, etc. , or worse (outright socio- or psychopathology).

What would be your conclusion if you were to have observed a large bin of liquor and wine bottles deposited by a neighbor regularly for pick-up similar to the one shown here (the contents are fairly uniformly represented by the visible contents; I confirmed this)? Even more shocking is the individual's indifference to public opinion (or her unawareness of the impression made) and her open display of the 'evidence' (most socialized persons would at least use a covered bin). But it may be that the open bin represents the victim's pitiful cry for intervention or for someone to help her? Where's Robbie the Crypt-Keeper now when he's needed?

Benham, Horne, Ross, Luckacovic Summoned !

It's official, now. Richard Benham, Scott Horne a.k.a. P. Scott Horne a.k.a. Patrick Scott Horne, Joan Ross, John Luckacovic have all been served by sherif'f's deputies, bailiffs, or professional process servers at their last-known addresses with Summons and Complaint Index No. 08-1361 in Supreme Court of New York for their scandalous activities on the Internet and for their defamations and conspiracies to defame on the Internet.

The laws of Canada, Australia, Indonesia, and the United States carry harsh punishments for the activities set forth in the Complaint part of the lawsuit papers served on the defendants. The Internet defamatin, harassment, and conspiracy counts of the Complaint are also subject to criminal prosecution which will follow shortly.

Everyone must join together to stop scoundrels from abusing the Internet and for practicing their mischief irresponsibly and wantonly. This legal action against Benham and Horne should put a stop on their harassing misconduct.

If you would like to receive a copy of the entire document in pdf format, please contact atciaway@aol.com with your request and we shall be happy to provide you with a copy of the complete document.

You've been served!

Dear Readers/Subscribers,

Well, right about now Mr Richard Benham (at his last known address (Magill, SA) and Mr P. Scott Horne (Montréal, Québec) et al. (Mr/Ms et al. know who they are) have heard those lovely words and know they're in deep doggy do-do. Too bad, boys, you should have behaved yourselves. Mouths gotcha in trouble, again?

Those three words are probably ringing sweetly in Mr Benham's and Mr Horne's ears. Their minions are too old to truly enjoy the tune but Hey! Trolls, sockpuppets, co-conspirators please make your appearances!

Just for kicks and giggles, there's a cute posting on Crackle on "You've been served!", the musical process server/bailiff. Enjoy it at:
http://crackle.com/c/Movies_and_TV/You_ve_Been_Served_intro/2098166

Request a complete copy of the Summons and Complaint served on Benham, Horne, Ross, and Luckacovic by writing to atciaway@aol.com.

Happy holidays to you all!

Hello, Trinidad!

Hello, Trinidad!

Read your comments with great interest. Please contact me directly or leave another comment on this blog so that we can have a chat.

Thanks again!

Harold

Border Patrol / Immigration Service Responds

We've received a response from the United States Border Patrol regarding the movements of the Sockpuppet.

We can now proceed with our action to bring the conspirators, defamers, and their minions to justice.

One wonders if their insurance companies are going to continue to spend money defending their malconduct or, in the face of the American economic debacles, will drop them and force them to pay their own legal costs.

What won't they do to get attention?!?!?!

Scott Horne: "Though a flaming atheist myself ..."

refers to "some goddam Anglo moron" and "ignorant Christers" while Richard Benham refers to charismatic Christian prayer as " a piece of crap composed in the last fifty years".

What a pair of charmers these two are!

Such pathetic emptiness; such a pathetic need to sully and degrade everything they touch, even prayer, Benham and Horne are straining the limits of decent tolerance.

Mr Horne's self-description, "[t]hough a flaming atheist myself" ("flaming" indeed!!!) and the ex-American's silly affectation of British spellings (come on Horne, you were born, you attended school, were educated in the United States!!!), the nouveau-Canadian puts on aires and reinvents himself so pathetically to be Canadian or British, or something he's not--regardless of the artificiality of his 'becoming' Canadian, etc.-- is particularly pathetic. Horne's affectations (Affectations can be dangerous.—Gertrude Stein, right Mr Benham?) are hilarious! Now who's the "merken"?

And the co-conspirators' are sharing the expression "royal plural" (Right, Terry?) which is about as transparent as fiberglas (and just as artificial and plastic). It's a circus of apes! A sock-puppet performance! One starts a poll, the other two jump in and mouth some hominid sounds, and another hystrionic apelette (you, Jane) chimes in. Brilliant! Brilliant only if one is choreographing a public toilet.

Horne, who has somehow reinvented himself to be French--or something of that ilk (No, Mr Luckacovic, "ilk" does not mean "predator". Your friend, Horne is more of the buzzard type, not a falcon.)--, refers to "some goddam Anglo moron"and "ignorant Christers", reveals his true [lack of] character: a vile, empty, irreverent, shell of a being. In fact, Horne's words reminisce of all the evils of suppression of freedom of conviction and the free exchange of ideas of all the failed atheistic regimes that have tainted human history, and betray a frightening undercurrent of hate, anger, and intolerance. Oh! The pathetic emptiness and lonliness of these two self-proclaimed "atheists", Horne and Benham.

But Horne and Benham want to be taken seriously? How deep does depravity reach?

A fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

In their haste to criticize and sully, they again cut a portrait of two ridiculous blabbers: Wouldn't these two self-agrandizing linguists and eclectic, albeit unsolicited, commentators on everything and everyone recognize that the Psalms (Hebrew: Tehilim, תהילים, or "praises") of the Book of Psalms of the Old Testiment are initially capitalized and the psalms from the St Agnes site are lower case initals? And what about the disclaimer that Benham himself quotes:

"The ten psalms below represent a collection of psalms written by members of the St. Agnes Charismatic Prayer Group ... They have been numbered 151 to 160 and are not to be confused with the Book of Psalms".

So what's your point Mr Horne, Mr Benham? Are you unaware that a psalm (note the lower case initial) is defined as "a sacred song or hymn; any sacred song used to praise the deity"? And a Psalm (note the upper case initial) is "any of the songs, hymns, or prayers contained in the Book of Psalms" or--with a lower case initial letter--is "a metric version or paraphrase of any of these; a poem of a similar nature." Quite frankly, who on Earth really give a nick whether you are an atheist or anything else? Who cares about your silly commentaries and your pseudo-scholarship? But hands off religiosity and sprituality--they're human experiences atheists are incapable of comprehening, much less appreciating.

Mr Horne, Mr Benham: Your silly self-descriptions and affectations are very entertaining though, if one appreciates the entertainment value of used toilet paper something that I esteem to be equivalent to your scatological musings.

For anyone who might be remotely interested in these two characters'--Horne's and Benham's-- mutual pleasuring, you can find their crapola at http://vadney-bible-quotes.blogspot.com/ ... and please don't miss the comments by Horne and Benham as they tickle each other's sagging bellies. (The comments can be found at the end of the post or click here: 10 commentaires ).

Atheists Need Not Apply!

Prayer of Confidence to Saint Anthony of Padua

Most holy St. Anthony, Beloved Friend of Jesus, I place myself in your heavenly care.

Be with me, especially in life's troubles and difficulties.

Intercede before the Lord for me, so that I may confidently know I do not face my problems alone.
I join my prayers to yours, O Great Saint, as I ask God to give me consolation in times of sorrow, courage when I am afraid, and healing from all the ills that afflict me.
Obtain for me from God, Most High, the grace to accept whatever is God's holy will for me and my loved ones.

Strengthen my faith so that I will never despair, but always have hope in God's healing presence and power in my life.

Amen.

St. Anthony's Feast Day is June 13th

Taming of a Shrew or Amnesty

Is it a Shrew or a Mole or a Shrew Mole?

Catskill. August 22, 2008. Update. Legal papers have been filed naming the defendants in a lawsuit to recover for damages for Internet defamation and harassment.

It seems only fair to offer the pathetic lackeys who are being played for fools by the major actors in misconduct an opportunity for amnesty in exchange for their cooperation. I'm thinking particularly of the chubby middle-aged female who deceitfully posed as a wannabe court reporter and actually told an almost-convincing lie to feebly cover up her own identity, while giving away the freebies that she resides a certain Albany, NY, suburb, is married to an hispanic from a backwater Latin-American third-world country, and speaks a sort of Spanish. But her overt chumminess with the defendants raised suspicions. Hint: She also conducted a so-called objective poll on a website where she poses as a so-called monitor and recently tripped up admirably, "spilling the beans" so-to-speak and sealed her own fate by unwittingly revealing herself as the "mole".

The mole is neck-deep in dirt now but will the silly mole get smart and fess up, answer the questions, clean up her amateurish act and avoid the summons and complaint and the expense of a defense. She knows she's been fingered and is trying to "lay low" in the words of one of her keepers but will she go back underground?

I'm feeling good today--as usual--and very charitable--as usual--and am prepared to offer her amnesty in exchange for the answers (actually admissions) and cooperation. What do you say, T.? Shall I withdraw your name from the passenger manifest on the sinking ship of fools?

Sorry Dick, Scott. You two are booked in the ship's hold for the entire trip ;)

Please let me know your decision, T., and I'll be happy to let you off the boat before it's blasted.

The cute, chubby shrew mole likes to roll over and have her belly scratched.

While others choose to write hate, lies, and filth...

There's a much more productive approach to adversity...

Repeat after me and reflect...

Psalm 152
O, Lord, how long must people from all nations suffer, because of bigotry, prejudice, indifference, and greed.
Everyday we see the weak and the poor humiliated, and the nations are at war.
We know you hear the cry of the poor, and you listen to our prayers.
Come to our aid O, Lord lest we grow weary and faint of heart.
Our prayers and sacrifices rise up to you,

With each rising and setting of the sun.
We trust in you O, Lord, that the wicked will receive retribution and the virtuous their reward.
Praise to you Lord for your promises and faithfulness.
We will always give you Praise and Thanksgiving all the days of our life.

When all else seems vainglorious and the wicked work their mischief and seek victims, pray!

Postscript: Contrary to the ignorant ravings of some self-inflated, self-announced atheists Psalms 152 to 155 are additional Psalms found in the Syriac Peshitta, in Greek Septuagint manuscripts, and in the Qumran scrolls: 11QPs(a)154,155. Together with Psalm 151, they are also called the Five Apocryphal Psalms of David. W. Wright in "Some Apocryphal Psalms in Syriac", Proceedings of the Society of Biblical archaeology 9 [1887] 257–266, titled them as follows:
"The Prayer of Hezekiah when enemies surrounded him."
"When the People obtained permission from Cyrus to return home."
"Spoken by David when he was contending with the lion and the wolf which took a sheep from his flock."
"Spoken by David when returning thanks to God, who had delivered him from the lion and the wolf and he had slain both of them."

For more information please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms_152%E2%80%93155

New Comment

Werner Patels appears to hit the nail on the head in his recently posted comment. It's worth a read. See Comment under Hi, Terry -- How's the Court Reporting? (Posting of May 17, 2008).

That's one of the reasons why we have stopped responding to the manure still being strewn by Troll Benham and Sockpuppet Horne. They're evil and envious and have nothing to do. Period.

Thanks,

H.

Puffery but they weren't there!

Now how would they know?

Internet Troll Benham and Horne presume to comment on their fantasies on a trial about which they claim to have a plethora of information and details but one fact nags one: Benham and Horne were not even in the United States at the time of the events they presume to be discussing with such authority. Perhaps they can share their source(s) of the factoids they're rambling on about? Only a handful of persons were in the courtroom at any time and an even smaller number were present (probably 4, at most, not counting defendant John Luckacovic). They'll all be reasonably easy to depose at the next trial.

In fact, Sockpuppet Scott Horne was put on notice when it became apparent the may appear. John Luckacovic's attorney was served with notice that if Horne appeared anywhere in the vicinity or on US soil law enforcement authorities would be requested to immediately arrest him and anyone aiding or abetting his escape would be made accountable for obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting a suspect of criminal conduct.

Despite Benham's and Horne's fantasies, they know nothing factual and are reporting nothing they can possibly personally know to be true fact. Nothing new.

Hi, Terry -- How's the Court Reporting?

Dear Terry:

Now that I have a minute, I just wanted to let Terry W. know that she didn't fool anyone. The plain, overweight woman from Clifton Park who is planning on doing court reporting and sitting in etc. wasn't convincing but it was really a poor performance. Is the sham reporting in Chinese or Spanish?

Say hello to Joan for me ;)

Really, get a life, chubby!

Depositions To Be Posted Soon

For those of you who are interested, the depositions of the defendants in the civil lawsuit arising from the 2005 defamations will be published on a dedicated website. They are being scanned so that you will be able to read them in their entireties.

We'll keep you posted.

Requiem for an Internet Troll, His Pet Sockpuppet and their Stooges

Dear Readers:

Back in December, I created this blog to expose a reprehensible species of Internet criminals who set themselves up to be judges, jury, and executioners by scurrilously attacking innocent persons whom the scoundrels had never met, worked for, nor even contacted prior to their excursions into the abyss of depraved rantings.

I was one of their victims but I didn't lie down and play dead as did most of the others. When Richard Davey Benham and Scott Horne and their minions picked on me they obviously had no clue what they were getting involved in. They now know and they regret it. Believe me.

After many weeks of following their trails and demanding investigations, we can close this chapter of criminal behavior and can now start processing the criminal and civil claims against Benham and Horne and one or two others who lent their support to thier reprehensible malconduct.

Thanks to the cooperation of ethically and professionally run operations and to the support of persons who will not tolerate Internet abuse and defamation, Benham and Horne and their stooges have been exposed for what they are: liars and frauds.

The postings on this blog have been factual, honest, hopefully entertaining and informative, and intended to combat a very real and very damaging Internet phenomenon, trolls and sockpuppets, and the abuse they craft. We hope it's a start and a contribution to the other courageous persons who have stepped forward to fight Internet abuse and to dispatch those who misuse the Internet for their own perverse purposes.

There is a special place for the Richard Benhams and Scott Hornes of the world and for their collaborators and now that I have succeeded in proving them to be liars and frauds, I'm going to put the mater to rest and pronounce requiesquat in pace over this issue now that they have been exposed.

To my readers: Thank you! for following the evolution of the demise of two scoundrels and thank you for your interest. But whatever you do, don't forget the problem and do what you can to fight back!

To the Internet scoundrels still out there all I have to say is: Watch out!

Another Benham Fraud ...

After many weeks, Credentials Inc., the parent company of DegreeChk, Richard Benham's so-called source of his defamatory postings, has responded with a report on the results of their investigation relating to Benham's inquiries, apparent fraudulent representations and abuse of the information obtained.

Mr T. McKechney, CEO of Credentials Inc., in a letter dated April 11, 2008, wrote the following:

"We received your complaint on December 26th, 2007 that an individual had obtained information relating to your academic record at the University at Albany, State University of New York (hereinafter know [sic] as SUNY Albany), and subsequently published the information on an internet blog site. Our investigation found that on July 30, 2007 an individual identified as Richard Davey Benham registered with our service and immediately performed a verification on Harold W. Vadney from SUNY Albany. The results of the verification were emailed to Benham at 'me@rbenham.com’. As you noted in your email to our Mr. Terry Reed, our report represented your BA degree erroneously as a BS. You also indicated at the time that your graduate studies were not reflected in the report. (I will explain the nature of
these reporting differences in a later paragraph.)

*****

"Pursuant to the terms set forth in the agreement, we attempted to reach Mr. Benham in order to obtain “proof of such written consent”.

"Initially, we attempted to reach Mr. Benham using the email address he provided as part of his registration. We received no response to repeated attempts. We attempted to reach him by telephone, again, without success. Finally, we sent a hard copy letter via Federal Express to the Indonesian address Benham provided in his DegreeChk registration. We were informed by Federal Express that no such address exists.

"It is our conclusion, therefore, that Richard Davey Benham misrepresented to us
that he possessed an appropriate authorization to perform this verification. We further conclude, by virtue of the fact that he provided false contact information, that the individual known to us as Richard Davey Benham did not use the information he obtained for any legitimate business purpose. In effect, we conclude that Mr. Benham knowingly violated the terms of our Service Agreement.
"We have disabled Benham’s User ID with our service and referred this matter to our legal counsel for disposition. We have been advised, however, that obtaining any relief in this matter may be impossible as we have no idea where Mr. Benham is at the present time, nor do we have any means of contacting him.

*****

" Mr. Vadney, I find this whole situation very unfortunate. We are very proud of the service we provide. We have made the whole process of verifying academic credentials more accurate and efficient, thus benefitting universities, employers and even job candidates. In our 10 years of operation, I can never recall another situation where the process has been abused as it was in this case. To say the least, we are outraged at this course of events. For you, Mr. Vadney, we are sorry that you are caught up in this business and we hope that you find a way to reconcile matters with Mr. Benham."

Need I say more?

Except for just a couple of loose ends, this just about wraps up the outstanding investigations and we can now proceed against the various malfeasors involved in this reprehensible business.

In summary:

1. Richard Benham and Scott Horne posted a scandalous and defamatory site called the Independent Linguists Discussion forum that was deleted by Bravenet.com and Benham and Horne banned from using that provider/host;
2. Richard Benham abused Bravenet's copyrights and was forced to remove material from his reposted forum page to ensure that no reference to Bravenet appeared;
3. Richard Benham and Scott Horne posted scandalous and defamatory postings on TranslatorsCafe with links to their bogus discussion forum; the thread was frozen and all references to Benham's and Horne's so-called forum were removed;
4. Richard Benham and Scott Horne duped a local backwoods reporter, Mr Scott Waldman, who reports on the "hill towns" for the Times Union, a newspaper of the Hearst Corporation, into printing their lies (article appearing in the August 22, 2007, Times Union);
5. Harold Vadney subsequently produced his Institute of Linguists diploma--disproving Benham's and Horne's claims--and forwarded a copy to the now Chartered Institute of Linguists' officer corresponding with Benham and Horne but who inexplicably (or explicably) disappeared or is no longer with the Institute'' and the Institute has been reticent on the subject ever since;
6. Harold Vadney produced his RSA certificate of election to fellowship--again disproving Benham's and Horne's claims;
7. Benham and Horne were rebuffed by other, more ethical publishers, who were then abused by Benahm and Horne;
8. Upon investigation, Yahoo!Groups found that Richard Benham forged his Yahoo! e-mail address;
9. Upon investigation, the United States Army confirmed Harold Vadney's military decorations and honorable discharge, proving that Benham and Horne's statements and Scott Waldman's article were false in reporting that any of Harold Vadney's military awards was revoked;
10. Scott Horne was banned from TranslatorsCafe for his malconduct there (unrelated to his other malconduct as reported on this blog);
11. Scott Horne's profile has disappeared from ProZ;
12. Scott Horne appears to have been involved with a defendant in a defamation lawsuit in New York Supreme Court and that involvement will result in civil charges against both Horne (who for some undisclosed reason has fled to Canada, given up his US citizenship and has applied for Canadian citizenship);
13. Credentials, Inc., the parent company of DegreeChk, has confirmed its findings (vide supra) that Richard Benham fraudulently obtained information from their service and abused their terms of service.
14. Wherever Benham and Horne were shown to be frauds, their only recourse was to either discredit the organization exposing them or fabricated yet another lie replete with wanton speculations;
15. Etc., etc., etc.

It appears nothing at all in any of Benham's and Horne's ravings or in the Waldman article of August 22, 2007 (which was based on information provided by Richard Benham and Scott Horne) was true and Benham's and Horne's unfounded attacks on local publishers who refused to publish their smut were unfounded, and reports allegedly made by Ms Jane Lamb-Ruiz were all bogus and based on fraudulent information. Ms Lamb-Ruiz's hystrionics and her reliance on two scoundrels for her information is the epitome of recklessness.

Criminal and civil charges are forthcoming against those conveniently within the reach of the United States law enforcement and justice system.

Anyone consulting these pages should be as outraged as Mr McKechney and others, including myself, the victim of this outrageous misconduct and abuse, are and should ostracize the Internet troll, his sockpuppet and their stooges accordingly.

It appears that Benham and Horne wrongfully hurt a number of people and made absolute fools of a far greater number who may have swallowed their lies.

The Reason Comments are Moderated

You don't really have to wonder that species like Richard Benham and Scott Horne get to publish their ridiculous babblings and why sites and blogs really cannot be left to the good sense, decency and intellect of visitors.

Just have a look at the 4-word, almost English comment left by one of our remarkably gifted retarded visitors below in the previous posting.

Makes a cretin cockroach look brilliant!

Join the battle against the lack-a-lifers!

While reviewing messages and updating postings it occurred to me that one of the problems that Internet trolls, their sockpuppets, their stooges and the hacks that feed them is that none of them seem to have a life.

Unlike the rest of us, they are consumed by negativity and dedicate their lives to creating negativity; they like nothing, appreciate nothing but the sounds of their own nelly-nattering.

I recently visited our illustrative examples', Internet troll Richard Benham and sockpuppet Scott Horne, web blogs just to convince myself of their absolute emptiness (of content, intellect, sensitivity to their readers--assuming they have any apart from the Benham-Horne mutual admiration club and their member emerita, Joan Ross) but--alas--I was not disappointed. Everything confirmed: they're empty (heads, hearts, souls, lives).

That's probably why, since about August 2007, Benham and Horne have waged senseless attacks on a number of persons they don't even know but--and for those in doubt, there is justice--they, Benham and Horne--have slithered away with their noses bloodied and their reputations ragged. They have become mockeries, pariahs--they've been banned, deleted, discredited, investigated (and still are being investigated), and generally disgraced. Those who have been so absolutely stupid as to have joined their idiotic game has gone the same path and rightly so.

All of that aside, and I've kept this less intellectually peppered and less scholarly because I have much to do but have a great cartoon to share. It gives meaning to the saying "one picture=1,000 words" My readers are lucky today: they get the picture and are spared the 1,000 words ;)

Cartoon Credit: Tip of the hat to Randall Munroe for posting the above cartoon on xkcd.com.
Please visit: http://virtualscratchpad.com/2008/03/life-on-internet-forums-duty-calls.html
and for a clever video: http://youvert.typepad.com/blog/2007/10/oh-the-new-medi.html

A great many people have willingly or unwilingly, deservedly or undeservedly, rightly or wrongly fallen victim to believing or thinking they have to correct every apparent error on the Internet. The problem is bigger than all of us and it's an enemy that is largely unseen, invisible and all too frequently non-self-revealing. Internet abuse and the troll population: the former is too big for just one of us and the latter is too scurrilous and sneaky. The battle for truth and reliability has to be fought by all of us who are dedicated to truth, justice and fairness. Join me!