Nice work Anonymous , "03 May 2005 EE Online
Eesti ehitajad Torontos" is the time and subject matter. There are some photos also. The interview is an audio tape not video.

Konze comes across as a genuinely enthusiastic Estonian, who has seen life and tells it like it is. I think criticism of him is uncalled for, and his interview is interesting and his Estonian experience has made a genuine man of him. His detractors shrivel at his outgoing manner and the image of a self made man-something many Canadian Estonians will never reach because of their backward mentality to life.

I saw an self-important, but somewhat slow-witted, individual whose Estonian was rather poor in view of the many years that that he has lived there. (He moved there during the Soviet occupation.
The final comment about "backward" Estonian Canadians makes me think that "huviline #2 is Maxim himself.

Huviline is almost certainly Maxim -- it has all of the elements of a Maxim posting: (1) boastful, (2) self-congratulatory, (3) insulting to Canada's Estonians, and (4) written in faulty English.

A question for you Maxim: What would it take for you to stop posting here?

I agree with comments made about Huviline#2. When I reread his comment I really had a good laugh. I believe his comment is the mother of all comments. I can't believe someone could actually write this bad. The statement , "...... has made a genuine man of him." has me really puzzled. What is the definition of a " genuine man"? Erik, could you help me out here. I would really like to find out who qualifies as a "genuine man".

I'm going to call Erik today and let him judge for himself what a bunch of sickheads you all are, and how much you despise the guy. Sure, I know you're all laughing under your breath, but I don't think this will see the last of it once Erik gets a nose for what's being written about him back home. What an appauling display of internal ethnic bigotry!

Maxim will talk to Erik???

N.B. verbatum:
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Anonymous 15 Feb 2007 16:55
Teema: Re: Viido, kuule nüüd! (3)

Nii nagu maxim kirjutab tuletab mulle meelde vana sopra kes laks kaua tagasi Eestisse: Eerik Konze! Eerik oli alati kiire rumalusi utlema. Maxim oledgi Konze!!

Vasta Saada uus kommentaar Loe seda teemat

Maxim. 16 Feb 2007 05:16
Teema: Re: Viido, kuule nüüd!

Egas ma siis nii kiiresti ei karganud vastata-võtsin ikka veidi aega, aga ükskõik siis-tuli välja nagu tuli. Vähemalt nüüd kodumaal ja saan ilma teie pideva nääklemiseta rahulikumalt elada. Õnne teile seal kaugel mere taga!

If Maxim says he's Konze (see above) and then Maxim says says he'll talk to Konze, isn't he losing it?

Wierd. Wierd is all's I's got to say!!

In case you have difficulty contacting Erik by telephone, I can send you his e-mail address. Please follow up.

Is there any set of circumstances that could re-direct your attention away from the "sickheads" at EE, as you put it, and toward something positive? In other words, what would make you stop haranguing us?

By the way, 'apauling' can't be found in the dictionary. Your wisdom is always expressed in faulty English. How can you expect anyone to take a semi-literate seriously?

Yes you should. Unfortunately some people just can't help themselves.
This happened to a friend of mine on the FRANK magazine website. One stern letter from his lawyer to the editor and publisher and all nasty posts were removed as were the offending IPs and they even published an apology.

I think the same applies here. EK's reputation has been attacked and destroyed for no other purpose than the fact that he is hated by many people in Canada. The fact that I have been targeted as being Konze (with no concrete evidence on the part of the sedicious people who take pleasure victimizing me personally) simply shows that their hate campaign know no boundaries whatsoever. Konze has every right to take them all to court, otherwise free speech could be dealt a severe blow in the future.

I do hope you've contacted him. He needs to know what's going on here. Clearly his reputation, both peronal and professional has been, perhaps irreparably, damaged.

Oi, kui tore Maxikene: pandi sulle ära. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.

Your panic and squirming, Maxim, is a pleasure to watch. But there is more to come. Better luck next time,

Maxim didn't realize that he will get a busy signal when he tries to call himself.

Ilusti tehtud. Kummardan Teie ees.

I hope that someone who knows this person and is reading these posts will send him a message to inform him of the way his character is being attacked here.

Either way, this is shocking and unacceptable behaviour.
How unfortunate.

Why don't you assume that he already knows? If he doesn't , then Maxim identified himself as someone he is not in February. I believe that is classified as identity theft.

Sherlock doesn't realize that he has made *two* points. The second one being that he has proved that Maxim lies.

Maxim either lied about his identity in February or he is lieing about it now.

Good work, Sherlock!!!

I think Maxim seems to have finally caught us with our pants down, which was probably his scheme all along. He's just been having us on, and we've wasted our efforts looking up archives for this and that, when really the guy isn´t even one of us. Who is he then?

I wonder why you sound a lot like Maxim?
In any case, what is it that you are trying to say here.

I've done my best, but Maxim's identity has got me beat. No archival evidence indicates a trace of who he is. As far as I can tell, he is not Konze, but he is a frat with a chip on his shoulder who has made good use of catching up on lost time and sometimes writes pretty interesting commentaries.

This is serious . Someone is using my "id". The post at 8:10 am today was not posted by me (Sherlock). I would ask EE online to investigate to compare my IP with the one posted at 8:10 . Someone obviously is playing a very dangerous game and pretending to be someone they are not.

Aren't we all pretending to be somebody else here (aside from Merilo and some others)? "He stole mu fake identity" cry is hardly worth anybody's time to investigate.

That aside, I believe that "fake Sherlock" is really Maxim himself trying to sow confusion about his identity.

That's funny, because no one ever pretends to be someone they are not. For examply,I'm simply Anonymous! Try some new identity-it might prove successful.

I find your attidude astonishing. Since when have you become a
spokesperson for EE online ? Are you pretending to be from EE online ? Except for Maxim and maybe yourself , I don't believe anyone else is trying to pretend to be someone else. Anonymous yes. I personally would like to see people register before they are allowed to comment. I would hate to see EE readership diminish due to comments by people that do not care about the Estonian community.

I think that our community is too small and prone to all kinds of vindication. If people write about each other as they do at this site without fear of retaliation, then I fear that the same cannot be said once their names become know within the community. The character assassination that operates here will move into full swing once registering names swings into action. I think it is best to keep the system operating (successufully as it has so far) the same way in the future.

Well put Slicker. It seems to me that Maxim promised to leave us alone a year or two ago. Obviously he can not be trusted to keep his word. He was back to break his word a month later. M also can't keep quiet even after being exposed a few month back.

Solution? This "my daddy can beat up your daddy" school yard logic is a solution?

This newspaper must do something to curb these sorts of personal attacks. To the outsider, they may be taken as a reflection of our community and may harm the community, this fine publication and otherwise excellent website.

My opposition don't hate my ideas, they hate me personally because I have a Russian name. They refuse to have anything to do with people of slavic origin, or who are of the Orthodox faith, though statistics show that orthodoxy is one of the fastest growing confessions in Estonia! This upsets my oppostion even more. I have reviewed my original opinion and find absolutely nothing offensive in it, but still my opposition haul me across the coals for no reason whatsoever. Because I believe in speaking intellectual truths, with which my opposition has problems, I will continue to be an honest mouthpiece here because EE is a very worthwhile tabloid, and the online version arouses much interest in many places around the globe. If you look back in the archives section, you will find that I often applaude my critics individually when they have some good ideas to express. Unfortunately this time round I can't applaud very loudly, but I look forward to more constructive criticism from them in the future.

It seems to me that the personal attacks on Maxim are provoked by Maxim's general attacks on our (väliseestlaste) community. If left unanswered, a neutral observer might believe that they have some substance.
It seems like a hopeless situation. Maxim is compelled to come here by his mental disorder to work out his grudge against us. We'd love to ignore him; but how?

...you don't have a Russian name! You have a Russian pen name -- Maxim! Have a look at your Canadian birth-certificate! There, you'll see that your name is Erik -- that's with one "e" and a "k" -- a variant of the Estonian 'Eerik' and the English 'Eric'.

The funniest thing about my detractors is that they don't know who I am. I was not born in Canada nor have I ever lived there, and most people think I am Erik Honze, which I certainly am not. But I love your paper and enjoy contributing to it.

The most recent Maxim lie -- that he is not from Canada.

Maxim! On several occasions, you have made references to the Toronto chapter of Vironia and your experience there that has left you with a resentful attitude to the organization and most of its members. When Allan Liik turned 50, you congratulated your old friend via these pages. I could go on and on ... but to what avail? With your manic obduracy, you're capable of saying that it isn't so.

Please show us even one comment from the archives which reveals a uncharitable attitude toward the Orthodox faith. It isn't there, Maxim. Please prove me wrong.
You, by constrast, have insulted us by stating that Lutherans constitute the uncultured mass of Estonia.

You, with your mental disorder, can say that it's not so. Better luck next time.

I have never stated that they constitute the uncultured mass. Show me those exact words please. Of course you won't find them because I never said them. Naturally I have an inclination towards the Orthodox church, but so did Prince Vladimir before me. I don't see that as a problem, and I would respectfully suggest neither should you. Besides that, your comment has nothing to do with advancing the subject. Sounds as though my comment summed everything up so well, because no one is willing to add to it.

I understand how some of these posts might present unsavoury positions.
But it makes us seem like bigots when a few of us hopelessly chase down an individual based on his/her opinions, whether they are right or wrong.

Tragic loser?
A bit rich coming from someone who seeks to validate his/her existence through a self-proclaimed popularity contest on a not-so-widely read emigre info site.

Step one: Obduracy -- "I didn't say that, in those exact words. Show me where."
Step two: Side-step the question by sliding into gibberish (of the Ontario high school grad vintage.)
Oh! Not from Ontario Maxim? Funny, the Vironia guys remember you as if you left (in disgrace) just yesterday. And your mother still hides her face in shame at the mention of your name.

It's time that you went to a dictionary to discover the difference between a 'fact' and an 'opinion'.

For your information, Eesti Elu has a huge readership over the internet. In my judgment, it's richly deserved.
Regrettably, Eesti Elu is debased by the unfortunate megalomaniac Maxim, on a regular basis, and by you, the Hitler-admiring holocaust-denier, on an occasional basis.
I believe that this problem can be solved very simply -- commentary over the internet should be restricted to paid subscribers. That way, cheap-skates with mental problems would be denied the opportunity to mouth-off and cast Estonians everywhere into shame.

I don’t know who “Peter” is, but I’m pretty sure that these heavy and random accusations do amount to slander. Never mind that this individual named someone in an earlier post.
I would kindly ask EE to remove the posts with random accusations and to please ban this individual’s IP address. This newspaper does bear some responsibility in controlling what is said on its site. This individual is completely out of control and is causing damage to the reputation of the community and this newspaper.

I haven't noticed any "random" accusations here; only specific accusations directed to the lying megalomaniac Maxim and the holocaust-denier, Hitler-admirer Peter. Are they slanderous? Certainly, I can't see why. Can you help by providing a bit of detail?

"This individual is completely out of control and is causing damage to the reputation of the community and this newspaper. " You are talking about Maxim , right ? His acknowledgements in February are in EE archives, I just checked.
M , how is the weather in the capitol.

I would be very grateful to you if you could possibly show me one lie I have ever written here. This should be very interesting indeed...