--- curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can take the peter out of the doctor, but you > can't take the > doctor out of Peter? > > I've been watching this thread with some interest. > My first reaction > was to defend Peter, so I took a little more time to > see if I could > get around my personal bias of friendship. (We are > not exactly tapping > our feet in adjacent stalls but I dig the guy) > > I don't think that posting on this board is a venue > for him to act as > a doctor, posting here makes you a poster on a > fairly outrageous > board. I don't even know exactly what his > credentials are. If I > don't know you personally I don't take it at face > value what anyone's > claimed credentials are here. When Peter posts here > I don't view his > writing in the same way his patients view his > serious professional > opinion in the context of his actual role as doctor. > You have to > accept this relationship with any doctor and even > then don't have to > take his advise or opinions. He is just the same > funny guy who I > shared entertaining lunches with decades ago. > > Posting here is a place to unwind from professional > identities with > their serious consequences. No one is always acting > in their > professional capacity and posting on boards like > this is not a way to > receive a medical diagnosis. So I have not gotten > past my own > "pro-Peter) bias, but I am still defending Peter's > right to use this > board to say whatever he wants without the shaming > that he is not > being "professional". None of us are as far as I > can tell, that's > what makes this a cool clubhouse. > > Now if Richard takes the hint from what Peter said > and got a check-up > from the neck-up...that would not be the worst > outcome for everyone's > welfare as far as I am concerned. I don't need to > be a weatherman to > know which way the wind is blowing...
Thank you Curtis...Union station...third stall on the right ...wear tassled loafers, tiger. -Peter (this post is not posted in any professional capacity. It is also a parody in light of recent events. I have no intention of meeting Curtis at "Union station", now or at any time in the future for sexual activities) > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], new.morning > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj > <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Aug 31, 2007, at 12:54 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > > > > > But even if he WERE psychotic, it would > STILL be > > > > > unethical for Peter to deliver that > diagnosis > > > > > publically, and ESPECIALLY for the purpose > of venting > > > > > his frustration--because he's a credentialed > > > > > professional, and his word therefore carries > much > > > > > more weight than anything the rest of us > might say. > > > > > > > I don't agree. I certainly didn't take Peter's > comment as a > diagnosis > > > > but a casual aside. You don't like Peter > because he is critical > of TM > > > > and so you jumped on him. That is your normal > MO around here. > > > > > > Precisely. It is not a formal diagnosis anymore > than Barry 1.0's > > > casual remarks on past events are historical > research. > > > > > > For someone who claims to have a career in > editing, it's pretty > > > strange when you can't distinguish one from the > other on a > consistent > > > basis. > > > > > > I am not sure i agree. To assert in one breath > that one has the right > > and sanction to declare one "crazy" in Florida -- > (re)establishing > > their credentials, and in the next (a few days > later) to assert, on > > line, to a virtual stranger, that based on some > posts that they are > > i) crazy, and ii) and recommending powerful > psychotropic drugs, > > seems a bit unprofessional, IMO. But what do I > know. Ask the Florida > > licensing board. > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting
