--- In [email protected], "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What leaders of the tmo say about "sweet truth" in public and what > they do in their daily life are two completely different things. > TMO leaders specialize in public superficial sweetness
Exactly. This nauseates me when I see it, so obviously I'm going to strenuously avoid doing it myself. while privately > obsessing like secret police on who should or shouldn't be on their > black lists for being "off the program" in word, deed, or thought. > You can't use that one to get Judy or anyone else on the TB thing. > > She's probably right that a mental health professional shouldn't > make diagnosis comments in a post, though I don't think Peter was > actually making a serious diagnosis -- just being annoyed at willy, > which is the main reaction willy is trying to get anyway, so no > need to make a big deal about it. I think you're probably right that it wasn't a serious diagnosis (if it was, Peter isn't fit to practice). However, Peter did say, "with all respect" and "I kid you not" when he made it, which suggests at the least that he wasn't concerned that some *might* take it seriously, and perhaps even hoped they would. Delivering a professional opinion about a person's mental health is just too delicate and potentially damaging to risk possible misunderstanding. It isn't something to play around with--again, *especially* when the purpose behind it is to make a putdown. It's unfairly exploiting one's professional authority, which is why it's so unethical. That it's done out of pique makes it even more unethical.
