One of the problems with TIPS is that it is picked up by other people not on the list. When I google my name, I often find a recent posting to TIPS, which is frequently not even a meaningful contribution- it 's just a recent post with my name. Our humor/sarcasm and general understanding of each other from familiarity with previous postings is lost on an outsider. We have seen this in the past when new subscribers who lack the shared history are offended by some comments. In the past, others have warned about this problem with TIPS. Given this rather serious consequence, is there any way for the list to be made secure and not available to search engines? Riki Koenigsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) In a message dated 2/28/2008 9:19:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Bill: I cannot believe that the world has gotten this crazy. Where would the world be without irony, sarcasm and a good dose of satire thrown in? Literature would be no where without it. If you need folks to chime in on the often sarcastic, tongue in cheek nature of tips posts, just let us know. I can't tell you how many times my colleagues have come running to my office to see why I'm rolling on the floor, howling--they used to think I was having a fit, but now they know I'm simply reding my tips mail. Annette ps: you are pulling our collective legs, aren't you? Is this really possible? Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:55:05 -0500 >From: "William Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [tips] this world is getting crazy >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> > >The correspondence below is a thread of TIPs that recently happened. I took part in it as you can read. Based on this actual exchange, and nothing else, I have been suspended from my job (with pay --hooray). My college has decided that I am a possible threat to everyone and I must undergo some evaluation (as yet to be determined - maybe psychiatric, maybe going through all my email, -- who knows). It seems that someone sent a copy of my posting to the president of the college saying that I was making terrorist threats. I don't know if this was an idiot reading of my post or a friend sending the letter as a prank. Regardless, I have been relieved of my position as a tenured professor of psychology at the College of Wooster untill this is settled. > >This is real. I am not kidding about this. > >Originally a member named Michael Sylvester wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> U miss the point.The shooter's behavior was due to his not taking his >> meds-nothing more,nothing less. > >In response, Christopher Green of York University (where I used to be a faculty member) wrote: > >Nothing more, nothing less? By that logic, we should immediately jail >everyone who stops taking prescribed medications. I think this situation >is FAR more complicated than whether one takes drugs. > >Chris >-- > >Christopher D. Green >Department of Psychology >York University > >In response to this Tim Shearon of Idaho College wrote: > >Chris- You stopped too soon. Let's develop profiles of those who might stop taking their meds. We could then prevent this from occurring. (removing tongue from cheek for the next few minutes) :) Incidentally I've stopped taking my meds. >Tim >_______________________________ >Timothy O. Shearon, PhD >Professor and Chair Department of Psychology >The College of Idaho >Caldwell, ID 83605 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >In response to this I wrote: > >I have stopped taking my meds, too. I was prescribed some prozac a couple of years ago when I reported feeling fatigued to my family medicine doctor. I quit taking it after a month or so because it seemed to make no difference. Last weekend in a discussion of the shootings with some old friends I confessed that I responded to the news by thinking of a list of people I would blow away at my school in a similar way. > >Catch me if you can. > >Bill Scott > >p.s. The point is that, although all of the above is true, I believe it is true for 99.99% of people who have the same story that they will never do such a thing. > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
