A few months ago I closed this blog down to public viewing in the hope that Douglas Bruton and William Shears* would in return remove at least some of the blog posts they've written about this whole affair: they direct lots of anger and insults towards people who were involved in the original plagiarism scandals and its fall out, but who aren't involved in my blog. But those unpleasant posts are still up on both blogs.
So I've relucantly decided to open this blog up again in an attempt to provide a little balance to Douglas's views. If you're curious about the posts I object to, here are some links for you to read. Every single blog post I've linked to includes a dig against someone who supported and encouraged Douglas Bruton before his plagiarism was uncovered. I'm sure there are other blog posts I could have linked to but think this is more than enough to be going on with.
From Douglas Bruton's blog:
The Collector 6 December 2010
Setting Some Things Straight, Or Straighter 7 December 2010
Not Too Clever 9 December 2010
Something Borrowed 29 December 2009
Theft Or Not Theft 9 January 2010
A Writer's Disgrace 12 January
Writers Should Understand The Creative Process 17 January 2010
Fun With Nik And Jane 28 January 2010
How Persecution Really Works 9 February 2010
What Does The Copyright Licensing Agency Mean? 10 February 2010
How Publishing Really Works 10 February 2010
How Persecution Really Works 14 February 2010
Big Trolls And Another Port Brokeferry Piece 18 February 2010
How Many People Does It Take To Make It True? 21 February 2010
More On Jane Smith And Doug Cheadle 25 February 2010
Celebration! 27 February 2010
A Hymn To Plagiarism 19 March 2010
Influence 21 March 2010
Collaboration 3 April 2010
What This Blog Is Really For 26 April 2010
From William Shears's blog (titled "Jane Smith & Doug Cheadle Lie. Why?")
In Support Of Douglas Against The Lies 8 February 2010
For The Hard Of Hearing 11 February 2010
The Antique Seller 11 February 2010
The Undereducated vs The Educated 13 February 2010
Why Do I Care? 17 February 2010
Logic And Reasoning 20 February 2010
What They'd Have You Believe 22 February 2010
Jane Smith's Lie Unravels! 24 February 2010
Don't Shoot The Messenger 26 February 2010
More Information Required 2 March 2010
Could It Have Been A Genuine Mistake? 3 March 2010
*When I checked my Sitemeter statistics they showed that Douglas Bruton and William Shears shared a couple of IP addresses, and Jane Smith's statistics showed the same. They have both vehemently denied having done so, but it's interesting to note that in the comments to this blog post Jonathan Pinnock states that Douglas seems to share an IP address with another commenter he's encountered.
Monday, 21 June 2010
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