Last year a person calling herself Georgie Eden commented for a while on the Badman Review Action Group list. She wrote in an odd and stilted way which suggested that she was not English, but was perhaps American. Several people assumed her to be Kelly Green, author of A Matter of Conscience and also the Kelly Green and Gold Blog. This person has now popped up on the HE-UK list. She has taken to putting this beneath her posts:
Privacy and Copyright Notice:
The above text is posted to a private email list service and is exclusively
for the consideration of subscribers of such. The subject and full content
of this message is the protected copyright of the author and no licence is
granted for re-publication in any format through any media. Being strictly
private between list subscribers, content may not be duplicated, published
or transferred to non-subscribers in whole or part by any reader or
otherwise directly or indirectly refereed to or quoted in the public domain
without specific prior written permission of the author.
This must surely be written by an American! The temptation to reprint some of her comments is almost irresistible, but she has not yet said anything worth reading. Does anybody have any ideas as to her true identity? My money is still on Kelly Green, but I could be wrong about this.
Classic!!! and absolutely American in its tone. I wonder what punishment one would get if one were to reprint something she said...??? :P (only one way to find out)
ReplyDeleteWhat she wrote then Webb? did she say Badman is crazy? if she did i agree.
ReplyDeletenothing quite so juicy i'm afraid. There is some waffle about circulars and other such piffle though... :P
ReplyDelete(Oh...the temptation...)
New information indicates a home educating American lawyer in the London area. I shall report back as soon as more data emerge.
ReplyDelete'(Oh...the temptation...)'
ReplyDeleteResist, Loz, resist. You know what happened last time you gave in to these foolish impulses.
How exciting!!! I do love a bit of cloak and dagger on a tuesday morning =P
ReplyDeleteahhh..I shall resist..although, I think they might have trouble banning me next time. =P (I do cloak and dagger very well) ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat is this obsession with outing people who value privacy? Both of you have criticized lists for supposedly picking on people and driving them away if they hold different views to the majority (though you struggle to provide evidence for this when asked). How are you any better?
ReplyDeletelooks like you upset anon Loz you must try to be a good girl!
ReplyDeleteSimon holds himself up as virtuous because he supposedly doesn't use false names on the internet - he wouldn't sink to signing up to an email list under a false name, for instance. Yet he cannot see that there is little difference between this and using go-betweens to pass on the emails to him. If anything this is worse because it involves others in 'cloak and dagger', agreement breaking activities. Surely it's more moral to break the list rules yourself than to encourage someone else to do it for you?
ReplyDeletedoes any one really care what is written on a email list? I no doubt that Webb is a bit of a rascal and will tell a few half truths but does any really care?
ReplyDeleteIs Webb trying to get Loz to be a naughty girl and pass on the comments on these emails list to him? I hoping for something a bit more juicy LOL
"does any one really care what is written on a email list?"
ReplyDeleteWell obviously Simon does, since he reports on it so often in his blog. I'm not sure he would have much of a blog without it.
anon says-Well obviously Simon does, since he reports on it so often in his blog. I'm not sure he would have much of a blog without it
ReplyDeleteyes when Webb goes on about email lists it is soooooo boring lets have more on what the future holds for home education how will it look in 5 years time? will that 20 day offrule go up to 30 days or 40 days?
Who cares about some USA lawyer living in London?
Simon I would be a bit more circumspect with your comments if I were you. I think you might be in danger of losing your blog and probably a lot more.
ReplyDeleteDave M
I think you might be in danger of losing your blog and probably a lot more.
ReplyDeletehow will he lose his blog and more? hope he does LOL
She is more than capable of serving a 'cease and desist' order on the ISP Google (taking into account the safe harbour provisions) then following it through with a civil suit. Altogether she's a nasty person to get on the wrong side of. Wouldn't want her as a next door neighbour that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteDave M
What about Pat Farenga?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking Michael Farris...
ReplyDeleteThat copyright notice is identical to the one used by Alison Sauer at the end of her messages to HE-UK in February.
ReplyDelete"That copyright notice is identical to the one used by Alison Sauer at the end of her messages to HE-UK in February."
ReplyDeleteI've just used the same text as you. Does that mean I'm you?
I have been waiting for an opportunity like this for years...so how much exactly are you willing to bet , Simon? And Anon at 07.45...will you put your worldly goods up for grabs on that guess too?
ReplyDeleteOkay... leaving aside who exactly is who ( on any other list or this blog) does copying a copyright notice count as breach of copyright?
ReplyDelete'She is more than capable of serving a 'cease and desist' order on the ISP Google (taking into account the safe harbour provisions) then following it through with a civil suit. Altogether she's a nasty person to get on the wrong side of. Wouldn't want her as a next door neighbour that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteDave M '
Who is the she in this context, Kelly Green?
'I have been waiting for an opportunity like this for years...so how much exactly are you willing to bet , Simon? And Anon at 07.45...will you put your worldly goods up for grabs on that guess too?'
ReplyDeleteAh Tania, good to see you back here again. No, I wouldn't actually be betting on this because somebody has helpfully told me that 'Georgie' is about to become the involved in a proposed free school in London. This would rule out Kelly Green, who is of course in Canada. My second guess would be the home educating American lawyer in the London area. What odds are you offering on this?
My friend Georgina would like to know your shoe size please Mr Webb.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth says-My friend Georgina would like to know your shoe size please Mr Webb.
ReplyDeletemine are a size 8 if that helps LOL
odds..lets say about 10,00000:1
ReplyDelete'My friend Georgina would like to know your shoe size please Mr Webb.'
ReplyDeleteWhat I am to induce from this gnomic utterance is anybody's guess! Except perhaps that the Georgie now posting on HE-UK is not the same Georgie Eden who was posting on BRAG? Ooops!
Simon says “ Ah Tania, good to see you back here again. No, I wouldn't actually be betting on this because somebody has helpfully told me that 'Georgie' is about to become the involved in a proposed free school in London. This would rule out Kelly Green, who is of course in Canada. My second guess would be the home educating American lawyer in the London area. What odds are you offering on this?”
ReplyDeleteYou must control yourself from telling lies. At the time that the article was published Georgie clearly stated that she declined the invitation.
People have warned you. I hope she goes for you.
anon says-People have warned you. I hope she goes for you
ReplyDeleteHow will she go for him/Webb? hope she does who ever she is! what article are you on about anon?
Webb is a rascal so if some one can stop im all for it! let us know what happens?
This is just like watching a documentary about chimpanzees.
ReplyDeleteOne gets twitchy and the rest start flinging their faeces about...
ReplyDeletewow..this just got a whole lot more interesting!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd no...simon is not in charge of what I do or think, I have my own mind, and can use it quite well at times :P
This on the whole has been a fascinating blog, a bit like come dine with me, but without the food. :P LOL
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ReplyDelete'One gets twitchy and the rest start flinging their faeces about... '
ReplyDeleteLet me guess. You're a teacher in a state school.