tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post2240534745016364038..comments2023-12-05T02:44:04.034-08:00Comments on James Ricketson: For Claudia Karvan & Richard Keddie - another letterJames Ricketsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06366597246927581660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post-75113176093306397782012-11-19T10:41:39.888-08:002012-11-19T10:41:39.888-08:00Don’t worry about your reputation, James. Screen A...Don’t worry about your reputation, James. Screen Australia has passed up every opportunity it has had this past six months to present the film community with evidence that you’ve been intimidating staff. It is clear to all of us (or most of us who don’t think you are a nutter) that you are not guilty. What is happening here is that you have been knee-capped, Mafia style, to send a clear message to everyone else in Australian film who might feel inclined to ask questions that Harley and her ilk do not want to answer on the grounds that they might incriminate themselves. <br />Reluctantly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post-19691060815618997742012-11-19T04:12:30.718-08:002012-11-19T04:12:30.718-08:00Being banned officially does not bother me too muc...Being banned officially does not bother me too much. If the ban were to be lifted tomorrow (the official ban, that is) an unofficial ban can (and probably would) still apply. No, the lifting of the ban is of symbolic value only. I don’t care too much if the ban stays in place as long as I come out of this with the industry, my fellow filmmakers, having at the very least serious doubts about my having intimidated and placed at risk members of Screen Australia’s staff - based on the total lack of evidence that I have done so.James Ricketsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post-6676985517357069672012-11-19T04:09:02.484-08:002012-11-19T04:09:02.484-08:00Dear 'Anonymous', you forgot to add 'n...Dear 'Anonymous', you forgot to add 'nutter' to your list of insults!James Ricketsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post-73015289323852540012012-11-19T02:15:06.640-08:002012-11-19T02:15:06.640-08:00My My Such vitriol from a public servant! But then...My My Such vitriol from a public servant! But then that's what middle management public servants do, flap about trying to prove they're doing their job, never doing their job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post-12428849032889363382012-11-18T23:52:52.203-08:002012-11-18T23:52:52.203-08:00The wounds are self-inflicted. Ricketson’s a pathe...The wounds are self-inflicted. Ricketson’s a pathetic, sad deluded trouble maker and loser. He can go and rot in hell as far as I’m concerned. The sooner we see the last of him the better. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711474060981003322.post-15376415299549154632012-11-18T22:57:23.495-08:002012-11-18T22:57:23.495-08:00Ricketson, maaaaaaate, there is something you need...Ricketson, maaaaaaate, there is something you need to understand and that you should, at your age understand. There is a reason why Rachel Perkins never responded to your letters. It has nothing to do with you. She probably thinks what is happening to you sucks bigtime, but she has her own ambitions. She’s known for months that she had a project coming up for consideration at the last board meeting and she needed the board to vote for it. To have sided with you, to be seen to be aligned in any way with you, would be to jeopardize the solidarity of the board’s vote in favour of her project. <br /><br />And this is the same reason why Claudia Karvan and Richard Keddie won't take any notice of your letters either. They will have their own projects in the works, to be considered by the board in the next few months, and will not want to piss off their fellow board members by questioning the wisdom of their decision to ban you before they joined the board. You’ve been snookered, mate. Time to retire from the field and lick your wounds.<br />Blind Freddynoreply@blogger.com