Yesterday
Ustane and I tried to think of a word that meant the opposite of “pep-talk”,
ie: a speech that was designed to discourage, to quell motivation and create despondency.
No adequate word exists so we had a good laugh trying to invent one: We decided
on “gloom-talk” and “plop-talk”. However, the hilarity soon wore thin as today
I experienced the serious side of this neolexia.
In
a HPANWO TV vid I made a while ago I said that I was seeking legal advice about my
discharge from the Hospital Portering Service, see: http://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/tv-guns-and-lawyers.html
. I’d contacted an industrial solicitor and sent him my case notes for him to
look through. Today he phoned me to announce that he is not taking on my case.
He’s returning my case notes in the post. He then proceeded to give me a bit of
a “gloom-talk”... or “plop-talk”, whichever you prefer, and told me that in his
opinion there was no way any lawyer could win this case for me. He said several
times that I should have made a deal with management at the investigation
meeting, agreed to remove some of the “offensive" videos; and he’s not the first
to say that! I’m actually very tired with people giving me advice and criticism
for my handling of faits accompli.
What’s more I still think, in all honesty, that in light of the suspicious
circumstances I made the right decision and was wise not to trust them. I think
it would have done me no good for reasons that I’ve explained, see: http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/ben-emlyn-jones-on-richplanet-tv.html
and: http://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/ben-emlyn-jones-live-at-ldidg.html
.
I
was becoming increasingly disheartened and annoyed with the man. I began to protest
and he said: “Look, don’t get me wrong. If you’re talking to me privately and
off the record I agree with you. I do think what happened to you looks very
suspicious and it’s very likely that you were
stitched up... but it’s one thing to say that to you informally, another thing entirely to prove it at a
tribunal.” He then went on to say that in all his years of legal practice,
close to two decades, he’d never ever
heard of another case like mine. “It’s a very strange situation, Ben.” he said.
“Very strange indeed.” I thanked him and hung up. I’m not angry really; after
all, I made it clear I couldn’t pay him unless we won.
What
I really need now to proceed is direct
evidence. As I’ve said before, I have overwhelming circumstantial evidence, but
nothing direct. What I mean by direct evidence is something that positively
proves that the case against me was bogus: like a memo between managers
arranging to fake the complaint or somebody in the know on the inside blowing
the whistle. Ideally I’d like anybody out there who knows anything about what’s
happened to me to please come
forward. Contact me privately, in the strictest of confidence. I would be so
grateful!
