tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post5398440783091146243..comments2024-03-20T00:30:11.702-07:00Comments on Home Education Heretic: Our opponents…Simon Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-41660466701013925282012-08-22T11:50:05.414-07:002012-08-22T11:50:05.414-07:00Claire, I'm afraid that the person doing the a...Claire, I'm afraid that the person doing the attacking is not a home educator, rather someone who seems to have a grievance against home educators.<br /><br />It's because of aggression from this idvividual that some of us wish to remain anonymous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-73044630456343539002012-08-22T05:01:17.681-07:002012-08-22T05:01:17.681-07:00"How come his fees get paid due to your finan..."How come his fees get paid due to your financial circumstances?<br />That makes you sound completely feckless.."<br /><br />I wish all you anonymouses would think before you write. You make home educators look like petty-minded idiots. Attacking each other for being poor? Come on.Clairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-85140085477574622992012-08-20T23:33:29.992-07:002012-08-20T23:33:29.992-07:00How come his fees get paid due to your financial c...How come his fees get paid due to your financial circumstances?<br />That makes you sound completely feckless..<br /><br />There are decent hard working parents with bright, well balanced children who struggle to pay for a good redbrick these days.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-46555055640447151952012-08-19T02:03:35.009-07:002012-08-19T02:03:35.009-07:00Here's an official example of the number of kn...Here's an official example of the number of known HE families who accept visits in one area from a LA officer:<br /><br />"<i>One stated that of the 50 home educating families that she was in contact with, five had refused to meet with her.</i>"<br /><br />http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmchilsch/39/3914.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-74531838866246675242012-08-17T23:09:50.882-07:002012-08-17T23:09:50.882-07:00You're clueless. Your aggressive and ridiculou...You're clueless. Your aggressive and ridiculous comments make that clear, I'm afraid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-53851118881246254042012-08-17T23:07:30.628-07:002012-08-17T23:07:30.628-07:00LOL! My son is going to university with his fees p...LOL! My son is going to university with his fees paid due to our financial circumstances, so don't be presumptious.<br /><br />You are so inconsistent. You've gone from 'flinging ****' is 'as good as HE gets' to 'it's not a manditory requirement of home education that your child achieves a place at some Oxbridge college.' Make your mind up.<br /><br />PS It's 'mandatory'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-28916149730998461742012-08-17T22:54:42.904-07:002012-08-17T22:54:42.904-07:00By proportional representation...
Home educators s...By proportional representation...<br />Home educators sweep the board in the petty minded vindictive stakes..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-44611701739036989732012-08-17T22:47:32.797-07:002012-08-17T22:47:32.797-07:00'a friends son just got into Oxford'
So wh...'a friends son just got into Oxford'<br />So what, not all parents are doing a fabulous job and it's not a manditory requirement of home education that your child achieves a place at some Oxbridge college.<br />Your crass post does nothing but perpetuate the home ed 'Oxford' myth, there are plenty of bright schooled young people being prevented from going to any university due to fees..<br />The odd thing is when you home educators make all those intelligent noises about conspiracy theories and elitism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-79550608661371115432012-08-17T04:11:21.680-07:002012-08-17T04:11:21.680-07:00Language!
A friend's son just got into Oxford...Language!<br /><br />A friend's son just got into Oxford with stunning A Level results yesterday, so no, it's not as good as HE gets. Many parents are doing a fabulous job of educating their children outside the school system. They don't have the time to comment here though.<br /><br />However, if it makes you feel better about sending your own children to some dreadful school by such comments as those above then feel free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-1433818199414531082012-08-17T04:07:45.156-07:002012-08-17T04:07:45.156-07:00'On the plus side, it proves without a shadow ...'On the plus side, it proves without a shadow of doubt that you're nothing but a bunch of petty minded, vindictive pillocks.'<br /><br />Because no teacher has ever been accused of being petty minded or vindictive. ;-) <br /><br />The antics of a few don't condemn thousands of others who are quietly helping their children achieve great educations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-276141915625718062012-08-17T00:04:51.896-07:002012-08-17T00:04:51.896-07:00To those who object to the waste of police time wh...To those who object to the waste of police time which this nonsense caused; I can only agree! Nikki Harper's statement to the police rambled on interminably and must have taken quite some time to set down in their data base. I only spoke briefly to the police in Lincolnshire, just long enough to give them my name and address if they wanted it. They did not, but added it to the record anyway.<br /><br />Using the police in this way, as a means to get back on people who have annoyed one on the internet, is of course unforgivable. They certainly have better things to do than listen to astrologers who insist upon telling them about their husband's connection with a spiritualist church! Their final advice to this unfortunate woman was that if reading this blog upset her, then she should avoid it. I am sure that we would all agree that this was sound counsel. Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-23431786816986863102012-08-16T22:57:47.631-07:002012-08-16T22:57:47.631-07:00Just goes to show what a bunch of ****s home educa...Just goes to show what a bunch of ****s home education gurus can be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-18676841741400551102012-08-16T22:55:54.181-07:002012-08-16T22:55:54.181-07:00This is like a chimp enclosure at the zoo..
There...This is like a chimp enclosure at the zoo..<br /><br />There they go flinging shit at each other, better duck quick, before it gets hurled in your direction.<br /><br />As I recall...this is about as good as home ed gets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-58716399637156265512012-08-16T22:48:47.206-07:002012-08-16T22:48:47.206-07:00Complete and utter waste of police time.
The lot o...Complete and utter waste of police time.<br />The lot of you should hang your heads in shame. <br />On the plus side, it proves without a shadow of doubt that you're nothing but a bunch of petty minded, vindictive pillocks.<br />Makes you wonder why the hell anyone would want to become involved in home education. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-74017676092215310672012-08-16T22:35:56.331-07:002012-08-16T22:35:56.331-07:00Mohammed might have viewed it that way, and the Ta...Mohammed might have viewed it that way, and the Taliban do view it that way.<br />You're an opponent of Islam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-26733950459071600162012-08-16T14:11:50.597-07:002012-08-16T14:11:50.597-07:00'And you expect us to take your word for all t...'And you expect us to take your word for all this given your track record?'<br /><br />Not at all! Why not just ask Mike Fortune-Wood, Maire Stafford and Nikki Harper yourself, whether or not it is true that they hatched up a plan to have me arrested? They may be contacted at:<br /><br />mairestafford@gmail.com<br />mike@home-education.org.uk<br />nikki@elysian.co.uk<br /><br />If I am telling lies about this then they do not have to go to all the trouble and expense of suing me for libel; they could simply comment here and tell everybody what a terrible liar I am! In such a case, I shall be happy to furnish fuller and further particulars of what I allege. Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-33525378230014218802012-08-16T13:44:34.754-07:002012-08-16T13:44:34.754-07:00And you expect us to take your word for all this g...And you expect us to take your word for all this given your track record? And you know you are free to lie as much as you like since few people can afford to take court action for libel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-13570885176156059762012-08-16T12:10:55.891-07:002012-08-16T12:10:55.891-07:00'So you have no evidence that anyone attempted...'So you have no evidence that anyone attempted to pervert the course of justice and your suggestion here is libellous'<br /><br />Anybody wishing to sue me for libel has of course a remedy in law. However, all the emails which have been exchanged would come to light and there would be some pretty searching questions asked; questions such as, 'What on earth was Mike Fortune-Wood doing when he tried to get people to make statements to the police about me? What was his connection with the case in Lincolnshire which triggered all this? What did Maire Stafford tell him? To what extent was the whole idea his, Maire Stafford's or Nikki Harper's?'<br /><br />If anybody wishes to have a go at this, they are very welcome, but there will be witness summonses flying about all over the place in such a case! I already have plenty of evidence about what was going on and if an action is started I can certainly obtain anything else I might require by the usual court procedures.<br /><br />Incidentally, does anybody find it odd that such a laid back and liberal fellow as Mike Fortune-Wood should be carrying on in this devious way? He has posted untruthful things about me in other places using the identity Maesk123, he has complained to google in an attempt to get this blog closed down and now he is trying to have me arrested. How well does this tie in wth his public persona?Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-58214393569742259892012-08-16T12:06:31.578-07:002012-08-16T12:06:31.578-07:00So no evidence of a conspiracy to pervert the cour...So no evidence of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Possibly evidence that one person attempted to pervert the course of justice, but we have to take you word on that. Whatever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-9146906501004610672012-08-16T11:36:10.420-07:002012-08-16T11:36:10.420-07:00'That's not what you said before. Now you ...'That's not what you said before. Now you are claiming to have evidence that one person attempted to pervert the course of justice (though we have to take your word for that apparently). Before you said that it was a conspiracy and that Mike was involved.'<br /><br />I am still claiming that. Here is what Mike Fortune-Wood said on his list a month ago:<br /><br />'If anyone has had their personal details given out on Simon Webb's blog can<br />they please get in touch with Maire Stafford<br /><br />mairestafford@gmail.com<br /><br />This is urgent, if you want to do something about this today is the day.<br />Maire will explain to you what is being done.'<br /><br />There is no mention of police action or that those who respond to this appeal will be asked to represent themselves as victims of a crime. Since Mike Fortune-Wood knew that this was the aim of the whole enterprise, I can only assume that he was party to the whole thing. Perhaps somebody could explain another construction that could be placed upon this. Mike Fortune-Wood was aware of what was being planned and offered to help. Maire Stafford was misleading everybody right, left and centre. After Nikki Harper made a statement to the police, they told her that they intended to take no further action. When I contacted them and virtually insisted upon their taking my name and address, they did so reluctantly. As far as they were concerned, the whole thing was a mare's nest.<br /><br />Maire Stafford though, told people that if only enough people could be found to claim that I was in the habit of harrassing people on this blog, then the police would take action against me. This was a lie and is something cooked up by Maire Stafford and one or two other people as an act of sheer mischief. Did Mike Fortune-Wood know this? I cannot say for sure, but judging by his subsequent actions, it is very likely.<br /><br />Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-25623145302636782852012-08-16T11:28:15.281-07:002012-08-16T11:28:15.281-07:00Blood out of a stone! Do you have evidence that Mi...Blood out of a stone! Do you have evidence that Mike knew that there were no grounds for a criminal offence? He asked for people who felt they had been victimised by you to step forward, but beyond that you've not given any proof of a conspiracy or perversion of justice by anyone (and that email is evidence of neither).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-7936596137081321122012-08-16T11:24:17.107-07:002012-08-16T11:24:17.107-07:00'So you also have evidence that Mike was aware...'So you also have evidence that Mike was aware of these emails you claim to have?'<br /><br />I said nothing of the sort. I said that he offered to help somebody who was trying to have me arrested on spurious grounds; grounds that he knew very well did not constitute a criminal offence. The whole thing was done very neatly. Mike Fortune-Wood was told by Maire Stafford what the plan was and then posted saying nothing about the police at all. He merely talked of people whose personal details had appeared on here. He knew though that Maire Stafford was intending to encourage anybody who responded to claim that they were victims of a crime.<br /><br />Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-66065074845884509302012-08-16T11:22:01.679-07:002012-08-16T11:22:01.679-07:00That's not what you said before. Now you are c...That's not what you said before. Now you are claiming to have evidence that one person attempted to pervert the course of justice (though we have to take your word for that apparently). Before you said that it was a conspiracy and that Mike was involved. Mike's email to the list merely asks people who think they were victimised by you to come forward. This is not evidence of either a conspiracy or an attempt to pervert the course of justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-90094961578962093102012-08-16T11:19:27.729-07:002012-08-16T11:19:27.729-07:00So you also have evidence that Mike was aware of t...So you also have evidence that Mike was aware of these emails you claim to have?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-28704797031207626572012-08-16T10:52:45.793-07:002012-08-16T10:52:45.793-07:00'So you have evidence that at least one person...'So you have evidence that at least one person attempted to pervert the course of justice. At last - it's like trying to get blood out of a stone. '<br /><br />Well yes, that was what I said in the first place:<br /><br />'That was the time that Mike Fortune-Wood took it into his head to try and help somebody have me arrested. Do you really suppose that I am going to ignore that sort of thing? Do you imagine that I will let people engage in a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by coaching potential witnesses in what they should tell the police and simply sit back and let them get on with it?'Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.com