Iain gets Brainwav'd

Iain Hall is a dope.

He's just a dope.

He's so consumed by hatred and insecurity, the only way he can get back at a blogger is to reveal their identity, and he can't even do that right - as shown by the hilarious way Ant manipulated Iain until he was a seething ball of rage.

Recently, as many of you will know, Iain has outed THR as one Matthew French. Except there is one problem.

Matthew French doesn't exist.

It all started when Iain offered scotch to out THR because THR "offended" him. After copping a lot of flack for that, Iain (typically) changed his tune, saying that it was a joke, he was being sarcastic.

I got tired of that and decided to test it out.

On the 12th of April Iain got an email from a man named Stephen Partridge (mistakes intentional):

Hi Iain,

You don't know me, but I've been reading your blog, and come across you're site ScroteWatch, and I have some info that might interest you.

I am the brother-in-law of The Happy Revolutionary, and I can see from reading some of your posts that that you have trying to find out his identity so you can name and shame him, and i heartily agree you should.

The reason I am doing this is because I am tired of him preaching communism and marxism all the time, when in fact he lives in luxury compared to me because his wife rakes it in. He is living off my sister, and the governemt purse and I am sick of this hypocrisy. I find it hard to put petrol in the car from week to week, while he is dining out all the time and taking expensive holidays.

Anyway, get back to me if you are genuine about finding his identity.

sincerely,
Stephen.

And so the trap was set, pushing the "silvertail socialist" buttons that Iain can't resist.

Frankly, the email was so obvious I expected Iain to ignore it, but no. Iain was so filled with rage that he dropped all pretense of rationality and replied:

Hi Stephen
you are correct that I want to know who he is, in fact I have a bounty of a bottle of Scotch for the person who names him. I will of copurse not reveal my source and will verify that he is who you say he is by sending him an email asking for confirmation. or denial .
Cheers
Iain Hall

Gotcha.

I thought about it, but then I re-read some of the stuff he said about you and decided to do it.

His name is Matthew French, and his email and matthewf2006@gmail.com.

Can I have my scotch now please? :)

regards,

Stephen

Then Iain started getting creepy.

HI
Where does he live Stephen? I won't publish this but I will need it to diferenate him from any other M Frenchs out there.
If you want the scotch i'll need a postal adress to send it too

Cheers
Iain

To the White Pages I went, and found an M. French in an inner-city suburb.

He lives in Fitzroy, of course. why do you want his adress?

regards,

Stephen

Stephen
Thanks I just need to be able diferentiate him from any other Mathew French's in Melbourne
Cheers
!ain

Creepy. I replied:

yeah, fair enough. heard from the bugger yet?

No not yet I sent an email to his blog email rather than the one you gave me and he may not have checked that yet
Cheers
Iain

Here is the email Iain sent:

Good Morning Matthew,

It has been suggested to me that you are the Author of a Blog called the Partisan and that you post there under the Pseudonym of "The Happy Revolutionary" aka THR.

While blogging under a pseudonym is no big deal most people frown on the use of an assumed name on the Internet as a license to slander and defame others and the individual posting as THR has repeatedly done this in lieu of actual political debate or argument.

Now would you care to confirm or deny that it is you who posts as THR on the Internet?
Best wishes
Iain Hall

I instructed THR to be vaugely threatening, which, of course, only pushed Iain's buttons further. The man has a lifelong fear of giving into bullies since he got the shit kicked out of him in school.

And so then Iain got creepier:

It does but a picture of him would be the icing on the cake do you have any that could not be traced back to you?
I can just take a face out of a picture and remove the background ....
cheers
Iain

The Editor fixed me up with a picture that he found on Photobucket:


Iain continued to stalk:

Stephen
check out scrotwatch I have a google earth picture of the street where he lives to show
that I have found him.
But like those make over shows I lake to drag out the reveal
Cheers
Iain
and the Scotch will be on the way by the end of the week I have to go into town to get it.

I replied:

yes, i saw ut this afternoon. pretty funny. when do you plan to reveal?

Not sure
be patient
Cheers
iain

Then Iain started to stalk Stephen Partridge!

Stephen Why does the address you gave me for the Scotch not produce a listing for you in the white pages? I am very cautious indeed when it comes to information supplied to me by people that I don't know. Sorry but you are going to have to provide me with some proof of your bona fides before I will commit to making any revelations based upon your information. Cheers Iain

I have a silent number. Good on you for checking, but you won't find me in any phonebook.

Sorry Stephen
But I need more than that
Cheers
Iain


Such as? Driver's license scan?

Yes Stephen
or something else with both your name and your address on it.
I need to know that you are a real person, with a real address and that I can totally verify what ever I choose to publish, just as any mainstream journalist would. It is far too easy to lie on the Internet as you will appreciate.
Cheers
Iain

This fake passport (made by persons unknown!) fobbed him off quickly and easily:

REMOVED!

Thank you for that Stephen
I am quite satisfied that you are real. I have been scammed by one of Matthew's associates in the past and you just cant be too careful about such things so I hope you were not offended by my caution.
Your wish to remain anonymous will be respected absolutely I have seen from his response to my intimations that he may soon be outted what a vicious little thug he actually is and I can understand why you would be concerned for your sister or even yourself.
I have attached a Photoshopped copy of the photo that you sent me. Do you think that he will be able to work out its source from the picture as it stands? Because I can work on it more if needs be. Cheers Iain Hall

Well done Iain! Matt is really concerned about people finding out who he is. My sister spoke to me today - he really doesn't want to be exposed on a site like Landeryou. He reckons if people find out he'll probably shut up shop for good. serves him right

regards
stephen


That Is amusing Stephen because Andrew Landeryou is one of the people who I have told already.
Expect a reveal soon I am in the process of writting it now
Oh and the Scotch will be in the post soon.
Cheers
Iian

It has since been removed from ScrotWatch (sic), but I was cunning enough to archive it here.

And so I started pestering Iain about the scotch that was rightfully mine:

Stephen I have the Scotch and I went to the PO to send it but they said I would have to pack it better so it would arrive intact they told me that it had to be packed to survive a 1 m drop! . It won't go until tomorrow after the application of lots of padding and insertion into a stout cardboard box, sorry about the delay but I ahve been away for a couple of days at the beach keeping my wife happy. Cheers Iain Hall

And finally:

It is in the post Stephen should arive anytime but It will take you a while to undo the packaging ! let me know when you get it. Cheers and thanks again Iain

Naturally, it never arrived.

Iain is a stinking liar, as well as an unethical troll.

The point of this post is to show not only how easily Iain can be manipulated, but also to show that he is not to be trusted under any circumstances. Sure, he's closed ScroteWatch now, but for how long? 3 months?

The fact is, he only closed it down because he suspected Stephen Partridge to be fake (certainly took him a while!). Frankly, it's not good enough.

Iain doesn't deserve any respect. No matter what he says, he will start stalking again, and he is completely willing to pay bounties for the identities of those he disagrees with politically. It's pathetic behaviour.

Fuck you Iain, you bearded wanker.