Now I know why HRE was trying to get hold of me.
Brian, I'm sorry but I had never gotten around to even contact anybody at Mazda. I did briefly contact Sada-san; I think I called him and left him a message and he sent me an e-mail upon my return to US. I did try to call you while in Japan but I didn't get through and I didn't know I was supposed to keep calling you when you have my phone number and e-mail address. The only e-mail I got from you after my trip to Japan was you asking me about some Japanese guy, I forgot his name but I have no idea who he was or any way to even get hold of him.
I'm sorry I got on with my own business called "life" but what appauls me is that you did nothing else, maybe an attempt to contact me via e-mail or two and didn't do anything else for 4 years and now you are accusing me of teaming up with Mazda without even asking me what had happened? One guy contacted me from NY about your story; I called him but didn't get to talk to him. I thought I left him a message (can't remember) gut he never called me back. Again, I'm sorry if I got on with my business and never checked around every week, asking how you were doing when nobody, including yourself, contact me back. I didn't know I was supposed to take an initiative to see how you were doing every so often when you didn't yourself.
Like I said, I didn't even get around to contact anybody (except for Sada-san) to even talk about you. I thought I asked you that what I needed really is a proof of what had happened; a copy of a contract or something like that; not just you babbling about who said what. I'm sorry but I did talk briefly to a friend of mine who is a running magazine editor but, believe me, nobody is going to publish anything based on "he said this..." This is not a kindergarten fight. We need the evidence (sorry if I sound like a lawyer) and stories from both parties. And I was in no position to even contact Mazda without any of that except "Brian said this..."
You can ask my wife who is an American who lived in Japan for 3 years. Japanese can be actually more cruel to Japanese; and believe me, Mazda would never side a stranger like myself coming out of blue. Something like this would have to be gone through a proper channel like a lawyer or federation (not Japanese federation but your own; US or Zimbabwe) and they would not even listen, like the magazine editor, without some hard evidence. And I had to have those because, I'm sorry but I've heard some not-so-favorable stories about you while you were in Boulder and, while not to use it against you, I was in no position to take somebody's "story" as is to go up against somebody else.
I USUALLY try to help others if I can. Ask Brendan Reily; I just helped him ressurected the old business deal this Japanese company ignored purely because I knew he was on the right. I didn't get any personal gain from this but Brendan is a good friend and he had helped us in the past. Again, I'm sorry I got on with my life but I had no idea you were still sitting around, waiting for my e-mail or my call. But you telling all those stories about me based on "pure speculation", again without any hard evidence, and unfortunately letsrun is the perfect place to do so, you'll go up against 2 law suits instead of 1. In fact, I am very disappointed in you. I had every intention to help, and I still do, if I could; but you just didn't help me to help you.