Oh Judith,
Sirin would never close that site down - even if it had just one member on there. Her whole life revolves around that site (and that's not forgetting her obsession with other people's Turkish-themed forums!) and the first thing she does when she gets in from work is check all the forums, and then she monitors them on and off all night long, sometimes until 2:00 in the morning. She often signs out so it appears she's not online - she does that a lot. I know this is true - though I can't say how I know. No-one has told me or revealed anything about her Internet activity - and I am not watching her all night to see where she is!lol But I KNOW she is doing this.....
Except for the rare occasion when she goes out - she is online watching the forums. Of that you can be sure. So never in a million years would she close down TL - that's just another example of her trying to appear
laissez-faire about it all, when, in fact, she's riddled with insecurities, and uses that site as a measure of her popularity. It gives her a false sense of power (because she's a moderator - and don't let's forget it!) and it also massages her ego to think she has friends on there - who are beneath her. In real life she isn't at all popular or well-liked (so I've been told by people who have met her) She is a very COLD anal woman, and that shows by her rigid and restrained style of writing.
So no - she would hate that site to close. Which is one of the other reasons she's so terrified that she's been exposed for what she is. No-one likes a sneak and a liar. And no-one likes a back-stabber (especially one who does it in secret in the 'Bored Room') and under a pseudonym on that repulsive site run by her and Linzee. Sirin isn't the cleverest of people, and whilst she may think she's only trying to harm me, what she fails to realise is how disgusted her members are with her: they can see what she's like. On top of that, she colluded with Gemsgirl and
knowingly allowed her to falsely claim she was an immigration lawyer - even telling her members on the public forum that she'd 'seen Gemsgirl's qualifications' - when we all knew it was a LIE. Gemsgirl had no qualifications
at all, so Sirin was LYING. Indeed, when Gemsgirl joined my site I suspected
immediately that she was not only a con-artist, but she was nuts, too. She was also uneducated, and her English grammar was appalling! It was plainly obvious she wasn't a lawyer, but to satisfy those people who doubted me I checked with the Law Society to prove it to them. God, she wasn't even an Immigration Advisor!
THD, I agree with you about the reason why Sirin is now making out she intends to sue me for libel - her cover has been blown, so when you're in a tight spot the best form of defence is attack, isn't it? And I think she's also trying to cling on by her fingernails to try and save her 'reputation' - if you can call it a reputation. I'm certain that a lot of people were unaware of the whole sordid business, and she must be seething inside, so she's doing everything in her power to make out this is all made up, and lies. But it isn't.
Actually, I wonder if she's going to employ Gemsgirl to act on her behalf? She said in her complaint on here that she was off to see a solictor in three days time!
And that was about 6 weeks ago now.
Sirin needs a little wake-up call. Firstly, she could never in a million years afford the legal fees to sue me - it would run into
thousands! But besides that, she couldn't sue me, anyway. For what? I've only repeated what the German woman posted up on the WWW - and I have it all in black and white. I'm not the only one who has it all in black and white, either. The German woman had irrefutable proof - and she posted it up for all to see. Even Oz admitted it was true.
Besides that, it isn't Sirin's beeswax - it's her husband's. She can't sue on his behalf - he'd have to do it. And if we're supposed to believe Sirin, one should ask themselves why he didn't sue the German woman at the very beginning, hmmm?! On top of that, taking someone to Court for libel is terribly difficult (and terribly costly) It's very hard to prove libel - especially when nearly everyone on these sites are known by their usernames - and not their real names. It's also very difficult (though not impossible) to prove who actually wrote the comments. Just because a post comes from my username - on my ISP address directly from my computer - does not mean
I wrote the post. Other people have access to my computer - so proving who the author is, is not as easy as you think. BUT, I am not for one second suggesting I didn't write all these posts - I most certainly did - and in fact - I'll even put my real name down now - JAN MANSFIELD. There, it's in black and white.
Sirin has no grounds to sue me, and as she is not famous - nor would her income be affected by her husband's sexuality - she couldn't seek damages. Even her
husband's career and income could not be affected by what the German woman revealed about his activities on the transsexual site. If he lost his job because they discovered what his sexual preferences were, he could take them to a tribunal and sue them for unfair dismissal on account of discrimination.
In fact, even if people posted up LIES about someone on a forum - but that person was mainly known by their username - you would have terrible difficulty trying to succeed in a defamation case. Sirin isn't known as that in real life, so how is her reputation damaged? And what if it was? She wouldn't suffer financially, she wouldn't lose anything, she isn't famous and reliant on her reputation. She's just an Admin Officer. The Gemsgirl saga could jeapordise any future aspirations she may have for, say, working in a position of trust (if word got out) but that's the price she'll have to pay for doing what she did. And she can't deny it - it's all there in black and white. Sirin is the architect of her own downfall and the master of her own misery. And if she's so confident in herself she should know that readers make their own minds up: what makes her so sure - to the extent where she's threatening legal action - that people would believe me, eh?
The
ONE person out of all of this who realy
could sue Sirin and Linzeee is Ertie! As you know, I have never ONCE read that filthy site, but some things trickle back to me, and I know they are trying their utmost to damage his business reputation by saying he imports 'rotten fruit'. Now, he really DOES have a case! What they are saying could have serious financial consequences - remember - he has trucks containing 20 tons of fruit coming in - sometimes on a daily basis in season. So he could wipe them out financially!
They also come out with that nonsense that he has a wife in Turkey, and is a 'swinger'. They're both such ridiculous claims, that they don't even deserve a denial. But even with those claims, although both false, they wouldn't harm his business - so he couldn't sue for that - and actually - we couldn't be bothered to. Ertie thinks those women are just nuts. And taking people to Court is one massive headache - as some of my members know - we're taking a buyer to court who owes £35k (plus interest) for unpaid fruit. It's a massive headache, and has been going on for two years! That £35k will possibly be swwallowed up by legal fees - and if we were to lose - we'll have lost £70k. So the very thought of suing those stupid fruitbats - over soething so pathetic - is not even worth pondering over!
Also, it would be futile taking them to Court, because neither Linzeee or Sirin have any money to speak of. Maybe about £80k each tied up in their home - if that? Of course, that's better than nothing, and as they've put up Ertie's full name, his company's name, details, copy of his business licence, address etc - they're in very dangerous waters. They are
jealous that Ertie is doing well - and that's why they're doing this. That's why they've opened up a fake Twitter account posing as him - and a fake Hotmail account - which I have full copies of, and it will become a police matter. I can see that. I know that they can't really harm Ertie's business (as much as they'd love to) because all the buyers are interested in, is the fruit - not him! lol If it arrives in good condition that's all they care about - those businessmen aren't going to take notice of a bunch of loony women who need sectioning. They just want the fruit. Actually, the fruit business is teaming with crooks - so they'd view the likes of Sirin and Linzee as fruitflies - something you just flick away. There's lots of carry-ons in the fruit business (they'd slit your throat for a tenner - no kidding!) and nearly all the olive oil that comes over here is controlled by the Italian Mafia - who actually use Greek and Turkish olives in their oil. So that should give Sirin and Linzee some idea of what effect their pathetic stupid posts about Ertie's Rotten Fruit would have on him!
I need to get cracking now................
Have a great day - I'll log on later tonight if I'm not too tired!
Strawbs