Justin 'Primrodo' Monk Apologises

Yesterday evening I received the following mail from Justin 'Primrodo' Monk:

"I do not know what your problem is, and why you cannot just drop it. I have walked away from discussing you and your product, posted publically on the RPF, and now not only are you attacking me, you attacked my Wife's facebook account.

I do not dislike you, I only ever had a problem with how you treated adverse opinion and MFX. I do not care about you personally, nor have I EVER attacked you personally or in anyway through email, blog, youtube or any way at all.

Hacking into my wifes gmail and facebook went beyond the line.

This was highly inappropriate and you really need to back away.

I am sorry you think I was cruel and negative towards you or your sonic screwdriver, it was never the case...but if it came across as such, I am sorry. I know you and I share a passion, and I relate and commend your work. But this attack towards me has to stop, let it go. I have.

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I have stopped commenting on the thread or even really doing anything about you, your sonic screwdriver or anything. I am happy with my MFX sonic screwdriver.

I want to clarify that I in no way have any negative emotional feelings towards you. I do not hate you, despise you or anything. I am shocked and disappointed in what has happened and that you have taken it so far.

Please take special note that I have not fought you, attacked you or done anything unsavoury to you and your person.

I am asking you civilly to please stop harassing me and my family. I do not care what you write in your blog, it is your prerogative...its your blog after all. I am not out to censor you, just asking you to leave us alone. I have walked away from the matter, and even though you have spoken against me, I have found your actual informative bits on the sonic screwdriver interesting.

Again, I know you and I share a similar passion, and having disagreements is not a big deal, but by attacking my wife and hacking into her account, you have tipped the balance quite harshly in a most heinous way.

Regards,

Justin Monk"

Firstly, I would like to thank Justin for this email and his apology which I gratefully accept. I am not a monster and I am aware that my temper and passion for my work often manifests in some wholly unreasonable behaviour, though I hasten to add, in this instance don't think I would not have received such an apology had I not resorted to such extreme measures.

Secondly, I have not hacked anyone's Facebook or email account and I truly do not know what you are refering to. Indeed, I had no idea you were married. Please take my word that what you think has happened, has not happened. I would be grateful if you could use the comment box below or email me to communicate why you think this hacking has occurred and maybe I can set your mind to rest.

Finally I would like to add that yes we do share a passion for Doctor Who props and I wish that you had taken steps to communicate with me earlier and this whole sorry matter could have been avoided. It is very easy to descend into speculation and reputation bashing which, in my case, has crossed the line into personal and unjustifiable attacks. My retaliation has been both heavy handed and extremely brutal which I admit that some people would have found distasteful and crude. Whilst I make not apologies for answering my critics I do reciprocate the apology as I am a man who does not bear grudges to those that admit their mistakes and do the right thing by apologising. I stand by some of the sentiments behind what I wrote but maybe not quite in the vitriolic way I expressed them. I think we can all learn something here.: Justin, you need to learn not to scoff  and snipe at those that make valid, if incredulous to you, claims and realise that maybe there are people out there that genuinely do know what they talk about, and myself I need to exercise a more dignified restraint.

On that note, consider the matter dropped. I shall now use this blog to do something constructive and actually use it to impart some knowledge and I hope you read it and take something from it.