Last night I was checking my traffic statistics for this site using Google Analytics, and noticed that I received a pretty decent spike on Sunday. Generally this means that I was linked to by another large site, or more commonly mentioned in a forum somewhere. I was right, someone posted a link to My Story page on The Student Room and there was a decent amount of discussion about My Story going on.
As normal, there were quit a bit of assumptions being made, along with some plain old false information being stated. Additionally some were being very judgmental about my story without fulling reading it. When this occurs, I like to register and respond. I always do so in a respectful way, even when people attack me and call me names (pedo is the #1 on the list right now). I also try to remember how I thought of accused child molesters before I was charged. To be honest, I felt the same way most of these people did: burn them at the stake. Ignorance is bliss right?
So I registered with The Student Room, and spent about 45 minutes typing up a response that addressed many of the main concerns people were raising and tried to clarify some confusion areas. Again, I was not ugly, did not use bad language, and my response fully complied with their rules. I pressed the post button and my reply went into moderation. This didn’t surprise me as I had included a link to my site (again, not against the rules).
I came back a little later to find my response approved and up, along with a reply my wife had made as well. Again, her response fully complied with the rules and was very nice and respectful. I was anxious to see what the responses would be and hopefully assist with educating people on the realities of people being falsely accused. I also noticed a number of other similar falsely accused discussions going on and was looking forward to participating. I enjoy forums.
An hour later I checked the site again to see if I had any replies and found I was BANNED, and my wife as well. Our posts were deleted and our accounts banned. WHAT?? I immediately sent a message to their Contact Us link asking why, clearly stating why I had posted and that I had not violated a single site rule.
I doubt I’ll get a reply and thus will assume that censorship is still alive and well in the world. The Student Room is a UK site, but there are many Americans posting. Seems people don’t want to hear the truth, they just want to keep believing what they want. If I receive a reply from The Student Room, I’ll be sure and post it out here for you.
If you care to read the thread and/or join in, you can read the thread here and join The Student Room here.
Be careful though, you might get BANNED!
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Ignorant is bliss!!! I’ve said since day one “I once was blind but now I see.” It’s a shame that you were banned when all you are doing is trying to be truthful about how quickly these allegations lead into incarceration and years or your life in prison. It is the Witch Hunt of our century and there is an absolute guarantee that at least one of those posting will be charged with the same crime. Those that believe little children have no reason to lie may believe that but they are also extremely vulnerable to being coerced and DO say what adults want them to say!
We are still working on trying to bring this to light but an excellent movie for anyone wanting to know the truth should rent or buy it. Here is the link to the movie trailer:
http://www.witchhuntmovie.com/
I continue to pray for those that are blind to open their eyes. The likelihood of it happening to one of them is greater than they think!
im the thread starter on the student room thread, I wanted to thank you for your message though I couldnt reply before your ban. Let me know how it goes with the reason
WOW is all I have to say. It is totally unbelievable, and truly sickening, that the people on that forum are so grossly misled as to the way our justice system works! They clearly were not reading the same story I was if they could even think you were guilty! I have to apologize for others ignorance towards you. Sometimes I feel like we are making somewhat of a difference…but then things like this happen and I just don’t know. I guess no one will every really know until it happens to them – and the scary thing is…it could happen to ANY one of them!