Listen to Olive, not Joan!

Joan Sinden is convinced: she believes this blog is written by the latest person she would like to see suffer. Today's lucky object is Francesca Rogier.

Not with any faith that it would be posted or even believed, but with a sense of duty, and revulsion as well, after seeing the comments from her usual fan base, we have posted the following comment on Joan's blog. She has convinced these people that Brindi's owner will not do all and everything required if Brindi is returned to her. How she can do this, we do not know. But after many similar attempts we are not surprised. She has kicked Francesca around on her plenty of times for over a year.

We hope nobody important might be listened to on these things. We are Nobody Important. We are a small group of people who blog under Nova Scotia Truth. We prefer our names to be kept private to avoid the kind of attacks that go on. To help Francesca however we have sometimes needed the passwords to various things, like blogs. One of us may have inadvertently linked to the blog catalogue in the wrong way; it was very problematic to do. It turned out wrong and we are deeply sorry. We realize you will not want believe "nobody important", but we are heartsick to see what is being said now. Francesca is simply trying to get her dog back and will do anything to keep her safe from harm or causing harm for the rest of her life. Since a dog trainer is no expert on human behavior, is it really proper for a trainer to make speculations in public about the psychology of a dog owner? When it comes to people, Ms. Jay was convinced at one point that Brindi's Angels might come and get her and do her physical harm.* Knowing the meek nature of the personnel involved, we can't help but wonder about her judgment and so should others. Regardless of whether anybody believes this, we stand by everything in the posts and continue to maintain that this is injustice and the owner must be restored her rightful property. Anyone may judge from the outside, but they do not know the truth from the inside out.

Some posts are written by individuals. Some by more than one at a time. We are separate from the rest, we keep a low profile and even those closest to Francesca are not aware of who we all are. 


It is regrettable that so often, intended help - speaking out on her behalf - ends up causing her harm. We have observed this happen to others and now we are the ones to feel bad about it. Since Francesca just lost her longtime companion cat, Rudy, over the course of a sad four days in and out of the vet, we are all the more sorry. 

But we will not allow this to silence us or others.

We hope people will prefer to read the letter published in today's Herald:

Brindi case a travesty

I suppose today that Peter Kelly and his council are smug in the wake of winning the court case against Francesca Rogier. I am angry because this court case was won for the mayor using my tax dollars.

I do not support the animal control laws as they stand, and I want them changed with input from pet owners and animal lovers. As far as I am concerned, this case is not about a crime committed by Francesca or her dog. Instead, it’s about the fact she challenged somebody’s authority.

And unfortunately, she depended on the justice system for help. I hope Nova Scotians will take notice that this could happen to you and your pet. We should have given Francesca more support in this terrible time as she tried to save her dog.

It is not too late. Protest this move and demand that Brindi be given back to Francesca. Brindi was kennelled for 19 months, Francesca has been financially devastated. This is abuse. What kind of society are we running anyway?

People of HRM, I beg you to vote this mayor and council out as quickly as possible and demand new laws to protect animals and pet owners, and select animal control officers with a stringent new hiring policy.


Olive Pastor, Caribou

PS The idea that one cannot employ the word "rape" in any but a literal sense is simply sad and not backed up by the dictionary.

*We note Silvia's comment, printed below. To clarify, we meant that Silvia at one point expressed concern that Brindi's Angels would cause Silvia herself harm (not Brindi). We are presently looking for the source of that information to confirm; if we don't have it within the next day or so we will remove it. While we have no control over what is posted on someone else's blog, if it becomes necessary we will post another comment there.