If you read my interview a few weeks ago with Stanton, you would have also seen that we were in the process of scheduling a public statement, and possibly a live interview and detailed discussion on both the “White Genocide” and the South African Genocide.

Well, it’s not happening. Professor Stanton never responded to my emails, and so I called him a few moments ago. When I reached him, I reminded him of my name and that we had a phone discussion a few weeks back. He needed me to jog his memory, so I told him what the two topics were of our discussion.

He had this to say:

Professor Stanton: “Oh, I’m not going to talk about that, I’m watching BBC news right now.”

Me: “Uh-”

Professor Stanton: “Yeah, I’m not talking about that anymore. About a week after our conversation I was viciously attacked by a blogger in South Africa. I don’t know if it had anything to do with you, but I’m not going to make any more statements on that. Okay? Bye bye.”

And that was the extent of that.

For those of you who don’t readily see why this is an issue, two notes:

1) Being in his position, being “attacked by a blogger” (unless physically) is not an excuse to suddenly go silent about an issue, and is probably very commonplace. (He even made a note in my last interview with him that he has received many death threats already for his statements about South Africa).

2) You don’t plan an interview and then go quiet.

I hold no official malice against Professor Stanton or Genocide Watch – the organization is very powerful and is important for global awareness, as well as humanitarian cause.

Anyone reading this, though, knows I typed it with a sigh, and perhaps a groan here and there.

- Sam Owl