Nortel Insider – by Desk Jockey

In recent days, there have been a rash of comments attacking me personally for the view points I’ve held. Despite their vitriolic and hateful tone, some of these comments have presented valid concerns. One in particular was that I was not completely clear on who I represent.

So, to clarify: The view points on this site reflect those of myself and the others who help me write in this blog and help maintain the site. No one else. In particular, views presented here do not reflect those of Nortel or of its employees as a whole. This information has been on my About page but I wanted to clarify it here, to appease the reasonable detractors. (There is still another class of detractors that will continue to hate me no matter what and there is little I can do about this)

But there is a bigger concern.

Those of you who read the articles here will know that freedom of speech and freedom of thought are the two most important issues at stake. I have made these a priority. But it has been getting harder in recent times to adhere to these principles because of the consequences that I must face for being truthful.

Lately, the hateful comments have gone from inane to potentially destructive. Recent comments have accused me of leaking trade secrets in order to aid competitors and bring down Nortel and personally profit from the whole affair. I have done no such thing and would not even think of undertaking such criminal actions, especially against a company that I am loyal to.

More insidious comments have vaguely threatened physical violence against me, by suggesting that bad men were out to get me and that they were “looking for [me]“

Let me give a short history, if you will. My grandparents came to this country to escape a tyrannical regime bent on maintaining control through brutal repression. Expressing your opinion could get you locked up, or worse. When they arrived here, they instantly saw the opportunity available in this country.

This opportunity was not just the availability of jobs and the entrepreneurial spirit, but was more fundamentally rooted in the freedom of thought and freedom of speech. I firmly believe these are the things that have made this country great.

My grandparents, through their hard work, instilled these principles in my parents and by extension, myself as well.

But yet I am finding it hard to stay true to these principles when I have to worry about threats. I do not wish to upset anyone and have always said that people are free to disagree with me. But lately it seems that many have taken this to mean that they are allowed to launch bitter personal attacks and use heavy handed techniques to bend me to their will. Frankly, this is taking a toll on me.

I will try my best to continue on for the time being but may have to take a break from it all. I know that this is exactly the result my detractors seek to accomplish, but please remember that I have a family to look after, not just myself.

Thank you all for your feedback, both good and bad, and remember to stay true to yourself.

This has been something that has been bothering us for quite some time: The increasing prevalence of trolls and NT pumpers/cheerleaders that have been flocking to All About Nortel in an attempt to suppress the plain and simple truth.  Their reasons are varied, but it usually boils down to a desire to cover up negative (but real) news so that they will not suffer a loss on the NT stock they made the mistake of purchasing.  In effect, they are trying to enact censorship to make up for their own personal losses and mistakes.

Their tactics are flawed for a variety of reasons, but the main one is that their objective could never really be fulfilled.  In their blind greed, they actually deceived themselves into thinking that AAN has a tangible effect on NT stock price.  To think that a single blog could affect NT is simply ludicrous! If this were the case, why wouldn’t they simply start up a blog of their own, All About Nortel, Good Stuff Edition? As you can see, their actions were not even consistent with their own maligned world view and thus all they accomplished was an unfortunate attempt to cover up the truth and distract others from it.

These trolls/pumpers/cheerleaders have used all manner of tactics in attempt to deceive others into buying NT and covering up the truth.  These have ranged from hateful rants laced with overt racism/homophobia, to childish name calling/profanity and even threats of physical violence against those that disagreed with them.  Furthermore, they have even accused AAN/Mark Evans of being culpable of stock price manipulation, something they themselves ought to held accountable for!  Others, not wanting to display overt hatred, “merely” offered their tacit support for those trying to destroy AAN.

Understandably, these personal attacks could not be allowed to continue.  And so this week the normally benevolent Mr. Evans put a stop to it by instituting moderation of comments on AAN. This move was understandable and we completely support him in this.  A blog is like one’s own home; while it may be open to the public at times, you must abide by the owner’s rules, and most people would agree that the tactics employed by these trolls have been anything but tolerable.  

As a final warning to these trolls or those who would follow them: Do not think that you can come to this blog (Nortel Insider) and “have your way” with it, like you attempted (but failed) to do with AAN.  We here at Nortel Insider will be far less forgiving than the kind hearted Mr. Evans when dealing with comments with such overt hatred in them.  They will be removed and you will be exposed for the fraud that you are.