Tony Blair's Email: The Letter To Cherie
I have what I consider to be a reliable email address for Cherie Blair. The following was sent to that address early this morning.Dear Mrs Blair,
Please find attached an image of you that will take some explaining. I've been pretty open about my motivations throughout my campaign to reach your husband and get him to follow through on his promise of a publicly accessible email address, so you may wish to prepare yourself with the whole, sordid story before we go on:
http://www.bloggerheads.com/can_weblogs/
You also need to know that this email to you is being quoted word for word in my regular weblog. My readers need to know what the heck is going on, just as much as you do:
http://www.bloggerheads.com/
Thing is, I found myself looking at these images that I'd created of you and considering the reactions they got, when suddenly someone popped up yesterday calling Bloggerheads a 'homosexual activist site.' Some aside comment on a different message board had me thinking that an ideal act of civil disobedience would be to strive to turn you into a gay icon.
This is not the thinking of a sane and rational person.
So, I'd like to draw a line under the Blair Porn Project and call it quits right here. It's not going anywhere constructive, so I don't see the point in escalating activity on this front.
(Insert sincere apology to weblog regulars and Cherie fans here. Remember to send email to Mum to let her know that I may yet be redeemed.)
In fact, I'm of the increasing opinion that your husband doesn't even know that I exist - which is why I'm writing to you today.
On Tuesday, your husband said he had read emails sent to him by members of the Iraqi public. Why would he do this if he knew that anybody subsequently searching for his email address in the top search directories (Google and Yahoo) would then bring up the Blair Porn Project?
I'm not out to be a pain in the arse; I just need a result. So does your husband.
I realise that he can't spend time trawling through emails. I also acknowledge that even a well-staffed office will struggle under a large load of spam, rubbish and general system abuse - that's why I outlined out a number of helpful preventative devices to combat such things:
http://www.bloggerheads.com/x-archive.asp?viewblog=20030120&date=20/01/03
His office has refused to accept my offers of help, but I suspect this mostly has to do with them wanting to avoid yet another dodgy Australian. I'm pretty fine with that, so long as they don't completely botch the job up or - even worse - farm it out at great expense to someone like Capita.
Mr Blair needs to be made aware that this issue has to be dealt with correctly as soon as possible - and that there are considerable benefits to enjoy if he does act quickly. A well-conceived system can provide a headcount of web users, what they're concerned about and what position they take on any given issue. A daily printout of this could be taken in in seconds and - despite the small pool - is immediate enough to be useful.
Most importantly, can you think of a grander and more 'right on' measure to take at this time than the immediate introduction of publicly accessible email address?
However, it needs to be done now and it needs to be done properly to be useful to everyone. I would appreciate any help you could offer in getting word through to your husband.
Rest assured that any reply would be treated as privately as you wished it to. Indeed, you need not even reply. All I want is to hear from your husband's communications office that everything is groovy and the service will be delivered on the XXth of Xxxxx.
My final word is an apology. I deeply regret that it has come to this and I am sorry for wanting - briefly - to turn you into a gay icon.
Good health to your and your family.
Kindest Regards,
Tim Ireland
www.bloggerheads.com
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