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Good afternoon, Is it true you've extended an offer of a private meet with David Farrant? If so, he seems to be up for it, under the proviso that Dennis be present at the same time. Are you up for it? - Anthony Hogg
It seems not inappropriate, as in the northern hemisphere we move into the darkness which accompanies an autumnal equinox, to have someone hidden behind a demonic mask raise a query about a man convicted of such devilry as graveyard vandalism, desecration and black magic death threats in order to enquire about something that has long since been a matter of public record. I offered to talk to this person privately at my coastal retreat soon after the turn of the century, and again two years later. He rejected the invitation.
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I am willing to meet anyone provided time and circumstances permit. In this particular case, as established earlier this century, I would be prepared to meet the individual privately at my retreat. Previously he had wanted journalists to be present. This I found unacceptable. I do not want the occasion to be sensationalised and exploited for gratuitous publicity. My terms were that it was to be a private meeting where only the two of us are present and that it should not involve anyone else, least of all the media. He did not accept. Now, according to someone who wears a demonic face, he is willing to agree to a meeting provided "Dennis be present at the same time."
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By "Dennis" I must presume that Anthony Hogg is referring to Dennis Crawford? If so, I find this a most bizarre request given the antipathy Dennis feels toward the character who wants him present. I can nevertheless ask Dennis Crawford to join us. I am reasonably confident he will agree. In all other respects my terms stand. There can be no other third parties and no liaising with newspapers etc. Refreshments, of course, will be made available, as they always are; though I entertain my doubts as to whether this man's acceptance is genuine given that it is being made through someone in Australia who is relatively unknown to me. The man whom this potential meeting would involve, if it went ahead, knows exactly how to contact me via e-mail, private message or indeed by normal correspondence. Yet he has not done so. I am, therefore, wary of what ostensibly appears to be people playing games for the purpose of generating self-publicity. That is something I am not "up for."
Anthony Hogg has further enquired in a comment:
ReplyDelete"In your response to my list of questions in 'From DNA to Demons' you mentioned that you use the occasional pseudonym online. Would you mind being more explicit and say what usernames these are?"
As I made clear, my identity would always be clear even if I employ a title which does not include my name in it. I then gave an example.
However, I do mind being more explicit.
Anthony Hogg then suggested a couple of usernames (deleted because they are irrelevant) which do not happen to belong to me, and asked if they are mine.
This is not a game I am prepared to play.
I extended an open invitation earlier this century. Obstacles were put in the way then just as they are being created now. If anyone is serious about wanting to meet me face to face they would do so and not endlessly prevaricate.
I fear the object of the exercise is being circumlocuted, subverted and derailed by pedantry.
No further comments on this matter will be accepted from anyone other than the individual whom it concerns.
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