I've Calmed Down Now
Image by Robert McGinnisNo, I don't want to shoot him, although the lady in the painting seems to be considering it. I did "shoot him" in the best possible way - threatening legal action.
Let me back up and explain. Earlier today I posted an entry saying I wasn't going to be blogging anymore, at least not for awhile. It would seem some cretin has decided he will harass me (and probably others) by posting a piece alleging I am really submissive and that he has photos to prove it. He did in fact post a photo of someone all spread eagle with right leg bound to right arm and left leg bound to left arm. So, since it's on the internet and it has my name on it, it must be true, right?
When I left a comment on his blog threatening legal action for falsely representing me with an explicit photo, he took down not only the entry but his entire blog. Good for him as it never pays to piss off a Domme who has lots of friends. I count six attorney friends, one of them very close to me, who would do anything I asked. No legal fees for me, but hmm - could the cretin say the same thing for himself?
It's not about being called submissive. I'm not, but I don't consider that an insult in the slightest. I respect submissives very much. It's about his flagrant attempt to humiliate me.
In the post I made this morning (and have since deleted) I also commented that I was disappointed to learn of this joker by stumbling a link in a forum post. I would guess that at least a few people who know me saw this blog and didn't say anything to me about it. That hurt my feelings more than anything until I mentioned it to Bill and he admitted that he had stumbled across it last night and didn't say anything because he was trying to figure out how to tell me without upsetting me. So, if you knew and you didn't tell me, I understand why. I'm not angry with you. Please tell me in the future even if it upsets me because I think I have a right to that kind of information. I'd tell you if I saw something about you - I promise.
Anyway this situation does give me pause. I've been receiving comments and emails for a long time now that are rude and attacking. The individual comments/emails don't really bother me as single units but I admit they've collectively been wearing away at me. That's why I didn't blog over the weekend and why I haven't been responding to my emails very well. It has gotten to the point that it bothers me just to open my email account. When this happened today I found myself very upset and wanted to stop everything online that I do. Thanks to a very special friend I've calmed down now and realize that I won't allow some jerk(s) to control me. I'll continue blogging and all the other things I do because I like doing them.
During all this not really significant happening, a breaking news story told of a shooting at the campus of Virginia Tech - 32 people are dead, 30 of them in the engineering building. My sister-in-law's oldest niece is an engineering major there and we haven't heard yet if she is ok. Additionally Mom tells me my grandmother has had to go in today for a pacemaker implant. She'll be 87 tomorrow so even though she's tough we're a little concerned. Thinking about all this put the incident with the cretin in perspective.
I am going to probably take a break from blogging and from email for about a week. I'm tired and a bit stressed so I'm going to focus on doing some non-interactive things that I've been wanting to do. With the help of a sweet computery friend I am looking into switching my YahooGroup to a forum type of thing. Additionally I am going to finish the update to the website - an update I started probably around Thanksgiving and never finished.
So, I'll be around - just a bit quiet for a few days.
posted by Lady Julia @ 12:37 PM
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I’m so sorry this happened to you. You’ve been such a gracious, kind and supportive person to so many people. Please take some time for your self and know how many people wish only the best for you:)
They said that there are 14,000 students on campus so most likely your relative is ok, hope your granny is good to go in about a week, grannies are great. I enjoyed my Great Grandma and my Grandmas much longer then most- very fond memories. Regarding your anti-LJ mail, maybe practicing deleting them at the first crappy word so that the ratio of the effect to their effort is about equal to the size of there micro-organism peni. Also, it might be fun to have the delete button connected to a flamethrower animation which quickly burns an email up so that it drops off the screen as dust. Childish? Of course, satisfying? possibly. Well, I hope you do continue but it is certainly understandable if you do not.
I hope that everyone who reads your post will leave a comment to show support to you. Even if it is only a "me too" post. I think we should let you know that there are many more people who appreciate you than what there are jerks like the one who did this.
You are a very kind, classy woman. It's obvious from all that you do. You appear to be very well respected by most people in the femdom hypnosis world and in the loving femdom world too.
The lady doth protest too much methinks. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Dear Lady Julia,
When looking at my recent posting in my own blog, I saw a comment by the moron who attacked you. His comment was simply that he found my blog interesting and would "review it" the next day. I then looked at his blog. Wow! What a micro-cephalic! (Pin head) That someone would publish a photo like that and say it was you, and threaten to do more of the same, said just one thing to me,….this spoiled brat wants attention! I would have written to you about what I saw there, but figured many others had done the same and that any more from me might just be too much. I then began to wonder how Mr. Pin Head would review my blog and figured he would try to get a rise out of me as well. I resolved on the spot to not even acknowledge that he exists, to not write anything at all in response to whatever he writes, to boycott his blog. That is what I would recommend to anyone receiving such treatment from such a person. They crave attention and think that rudeness will get them what they want and satisfy that craving. Prove them wrong, I say. Look the other way and just keep on writing what is in your heart.
You have an appreciative and loving audience. Don't let one bad apple spoil the fun for the whole barrel, let alone for you.
Rock on!
Thanks again for everything you do. Listen to some of that great music we talked about and take all the time you need. Be thinking of you.
J
Dearest, most fair, Lady Julia,
Your friends on this side of the Pacific wish we could be with you now. But we are thinking of you!!Goddess Susan has said most of what I wanted to and I can only add my best sentiments.
Bravo to You for standing up to this sort of non-sensical bullying tactic. i'm having a difficult time wrapping my head around what kind of person does something like this, but it's telling that he slinks away in cowardice.
May Your eyes be lifted back up to beauty and love and wonder and song - every good thing will come to You.
Thinking of You. Please don't stop what You do ;-) If You did it would leave a big void.
jay
You're all so wonderful - thank you.
Sadly, it seems there will always be morons and downright evil people in this world.
Lady Julia, my apologies for not reading the blog sooner, but as You know, i was away. Do not let people get You down, there will aways be dumb people that have nothing better to do than to call others down. It just means they have not grown up and learned to respect others, no matter what the other person's tastes or wishes are. I personally am very impressed with all that You do, and that You have managed to juggle as many things that You do. To finally get worn down a bit is a credit to Your stamina. My best wishes and thoughts, art.
Thank you - your kindness means so much.
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