Thanks Ed- I second the request. There has to be a limit to this inane trolling. Mischaracterizing people with mental illness does not belong on a listserve like TIPS. -Don.
----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Callen Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:26 pm Subject: RE: [tips] Schizophrenic or manic-depressive To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > Please, please, please Bill, TIPS moderator, see this as one > last example of why this guy needs to be removed from this list. > I know the current extinction strategy is in place, and I know > Bill's comittment over the years to free speech, but there is no > real value of this person to the teaching of psychology list, > other than bringing up controversial issues to respond to. I > have seen this and been part of this list since it began, and > more good people have left the list because of him that have > joined, and I have resisted responding, but there is so much > good a list like this can do to have someone who has time on his > hands ruin. We all know I think that his examples of questions > "A student asked me this....... another faculty member did > this..." are all made up. We saw earlier that his "adjunct" > status to a bunch of colleges was not true or exaggerated, so > come on. We've got great people on this list with great minds > and ideas, let's bring it to that level, rather than have it > whither because of someone who is interested, imho, of reading > his own posts and responses. This is the only list of its kind > in our field, and I've hated to see it continue to deteriorate. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: michael sylvester [mailto:msylves...@copper.net] > Sent: Tue 10/20/2009 6:59 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] Schizophrenic or manic-depressive > > > > > I am trying to decide who I should have as a condo guest for the > upcoming holiday season. > If I get the schizophrenic,that person would probably look at > the ocean for 8 hours and would not interrupt my day to day > activities.On the other hand,if I get the manic-depressive,I > would be forced to sing Handel's Messiah a couple of times and > then imitate the hounds of Baskerville. > > Which one of these would generate more complaints from my Home > owners association? > > Michael"omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) Don Allen, Retired Formerly with: Dept. of Psychology Langara College 100 W. 49th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5Y 2Z6 Phone: 604-733-0039 --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
