Kirked

More on Katherine Coble's saga. I have to say I think she and her husband have seriously been mistreated. I know that the Tennessee blogging community and the wider blogosphere want Katherine to perservere. I feel a little differently. I've been sued. It's no fun. And it didn't matter that the people who sued me had no grounds to sue. They did it anyway. And the very best outcome I could hope for was to be put not too out of pocket for defending myself.

Now the best thing that could happen is those who've served the cease and desist order back down and chill out and let Ms Coble go on her merry way with her increased hits and a warning to any other company that tries such a stunt. But let's say they lack the good judgement to do so - well, I wouldn't blame the Cobles if they just didn't want any further part of this. Or at least if Katherine Coble decided that she preferred to comply with the letter of the cease and desist order. After all - the truth is totally out there, these folks have already been kirked.

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And just to add fuel to the fire and grist to the mill...

Rachel from Women's Health News has a great round-up.
Brittney from NIT did a great job, as always telling the story.
NewsComa has a lotta, lotta linkage to everyone who's posted on this - you cand find that link list at the end of this post.


And here's what Bob Krumm has to say about Katherine Coble's situation: (Sorry Bob - I just went ahead and stole the whole thing!)

Katherine Coble and her husband are having problems with a company called J. L. Kirk & Associates, or Kirk Associates, or JL Kirk, or JLK, or JLK-A, or sometimes just “Kirk“. Whether it’s J. L. Kirk & Associates, or Kirk Associates, or JL Kirk, or JLK, or JLK-A, or sometimes just “Kirk“, whatever you want to call it, it’s just bad form (not to mention, unwise) to sue a popular internet writer over a report about their company that isn’t libelous.

You’re only going to draw more attention to a report that certainly sounds like a scam, a fraud, a rip-off, or a con. Because the next time that someone googles J. L. Kirk & Associates, or Kirk Associates, or JL Kirk, or JLK, or JLK-A, or sometimes just “Kirk“, they can’t help but be directed to Katherine Coble’s commentary about how she and her husband felt like they were almost caught in a scam, a fraud, a rip-off, or a con.

Not that I’m implying that J. L. Kirk & Associates, or Kirk Associates, or JL Kirk, or JLK, or JLK-A, or sometimes just “Kirk” are a scam, a fraud, a rip-off, or a con, I’m simply saying that their reported behavior certainly raises some red flags about J. L. Kirk & Associates, or Kirk Associates, or JL Kirk, or JLK, or JLK-A, or sometimes just “Kirk” and their reported activities because they are similar to those of other companies who are scams, frauds, rip-offs, or cons.

BTW, never, under any circumstances*, ever pay a headhunter or a job placement firm to find you a job.

Also, Just in case Katherine Coble’s post about J. L. Kirk & Associates, or Kirk Associates, or JL Kirk, or JLK, or JLK-A, or sometimes just “Kirk” should ever disappear from the web, just remember that Google is forever.

Coble Coverage:

Rob Robinson strikes an eloquent tone The Big Think Bill Hobbs The World According to Tiff Sniff Hutch Pink Kitty Moncks Corner Moments Glen Dean Ben Kepple My Beautiful Wickedness Professor Bainbridge Hear It From Us GingerSnaps Rex Hammock The Zero Boss
Space for Commerce Silflay Hraka Digital Nicotine Michael Silence Kathy T. at The La Vergne Tennessee blog Home Ec 101 PostScripts Sean Braisted Stackable Bards Sharon Cobb
Baby TrollBlog The Lynnster Zone Steven Hrbar Kathy T. at The Mute Button Jay Bush
Rob Huddleston Bruised Orange People Powered Satisfaction Alphecca: New Verb In Town
Musings from Malicious S-Town Mike Sue Happy Knox Views Saucy Girl Paul Chenowith
Legal is now PR The Stupid Stuff I Witness Lavendar Sparkles Blogger Fodder World and Global Politics Blog Right Side of the Rainbow Captain’s Quarters The Q and O Blog
Patterico’s Pontifications Classical Values Blue Crab Boulevard Outside the Beltway