Open Letter to Krystalline Kraus- I forgive you…

Krystalline standing beside a rather poignantly worded poster…

Dear Krystalline,

I’m writing to give you an opportunity to defend yourself, and to explain your recent actions. Because, at this moment, you appear to to have diminishing credibility- this cannot be good for your career in journalism…

First, please explain yourself, and why you decided to attack a complete stranger. We’ve never met, and have never had any direct communication- is this not true? I’ve heard you said otherwise at the Occupy Toronto GA last Wednesday- you know, the GA Alex Hundert blocked my entrance from? What’s up with that?

I was told tonight that you accused me of sexually harassing you online. Can you please provide some evidence for this? When, where, how, why? You know,  the basic questions they teach in Journalism 101. Because, without this, you come across as a boldfaced liar. And, your future as a journalist comes to question really. What sort of a half-assed reporter can’t get the basics of a story like this?

I’ll attest to the fact that I’ve never done this, the only place where I’ve written anything to you is here on my blog. I’d like you to provide the details of your accusations so that I can disprove them. You see, sites like WordPress, Facebook, etc- they never erase ANYTHING! So, if you are kind enough to provide the who/what/where/when I will go to a lawyer and get a subpoena to recall the information from those sites and disprove what happened! If you refuse to do this, I will be taking both you, and Rabble.ca, to court where we will force you to disclose this information- simple!

I promise to do this in a 100% transparent manner- and, if evidence is found, I will instruct my lawyer to release that. Hell, if you want to be involved, you can come to the meeting with my lawyer and we can do this together! But, as none of this ever happened, you know what the results will be! So, to be honest, you are in a bit of a pickle right now- aren’t you?

So, I’ll make you a one-time deal right now. All you have to do is write me a public apology for the mistake you made- with that, I give you my solumn promise I will not pursue damages, and will not take this any further than it has gone. Deal?

I’ll give you until the end of the day on Thursday to decide if you would like to take this deal. Considering the things you have said about me- I’d say this is rather fair of me. And, if you have any questions, or would like me to first provide you a signed copy of this letter as reassurance, I’m here for you.

I know you have got all caught-up in the politics of this situation, and I have genuine sympathy that people put you in the middle here. So, sort this now, and we can move-on. Okay?

Sincerely,
-Greg Renouf

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