So when we have responded to some of the crazy attacks on us made by Frank, Peter, Arie, David, Eimbert (did I leave anybody out?), all we're doing is preaching to the choir. The vast majority of fans already discount the crazy attacks so there's no need to convince them that there are some seriously, mentally disturbed individuals on the lunatic fringes of the Reeves fan scene.
All we're doing is wasting space here on the Forum and ALSO giving these loonies the attention they crave. Left to their own devices, their own outreach is very, very small.
Besides the traffic to this site and also Larry's blog (the latter of which is mind-boggling in terms of the visits it gets...now surpassing my site!), we also have a mailing list of THOUSANDS of names the nutjobs could never hope to reach. Plus there's the multi-media worldwide attention that accrues to us based on what we do here to promote Jim Reeves' legacy and provide you with new music, which far surpasses the crazy people's ability to reach.
(Both of Larry's appearances on the BBC, for example, were said to reach 12 million people each!)
However, the sad fact remains that some of Jim's fans no doubt stumble across the websites operated by these pathetic, insanely jealous individuals, and then read these preposterous attacks on us. They have to wonder what's going on.
So we feel it IS important to make our replies available at least for those who come here searching for our answers.
Once before recently we set up a separate area of the site to post our responses, but Frank wrote a frenzied email to the service provider claiming that we were damaging his reputation, blah blah blah. This from the man whom the FBI went out to visit due to his invasions of our privacy and writing about our teenage daughter on the web, whom he claimed should be "rescued" from our home because we were supposedly "indoctrinating her with the occult"! Isn't that the height of hypocrisy?
In other words, he wanted to attack us but impair our ability to respond with the truth.
I guarantee you he will NOT succeed in getting our new board shut down through threats of legal action or his usual bluff and blarney. He has far more to lose by having his 16 year history reviewed, based on thousands of screen captures which demonstrate a pattern of cyber stalking and bullying which the FBI said they felt violated at least two federal statutes. His state has also passed tough new cyber bullying laws which our lawyers are now reviewing.
I am still putting the technical pieces together to launch a separate "REPLY TO CRITICS" area that will appear as a link on my Fan Forum, but take you to a separate area of my site.
This way, people who want to read our responses to these relentless attacks in the future can do so. But for the rest of you, who believe in us, you will not have to wade through our responses on the main Fan Forum to get to what's REALLY relevant to Jim -- discussions of his LIFE AND MUSIC.
These crazies have POISONED THE ATMOSPHERE here long enough. I'm fumigating the place and getting rid of them so it will SMELL BETTER around here.
The bomb-throwers will not be mentioned here although I may occasionally tip you off that either Larry or I have posted a new reply that might interest you. You can choose to then go to the separate ONE LINK area, or not, as the case may be.
Otherwise, there will be NO space wasted on the Fan Forum for these attention-seeking misfits. They count on us to give them publicity on my Forum and those days have come to an end. -- JULIE
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