New.Morning, it didn't get me worked up because of the context in which it appeared -- an online forum -- and because of the history of the two individuals, Peter and Richard, as I've come to know them on FFL. A different configuration could easily prompt a different reply.
** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > It was a joke. > > Abuse of power? I could see how it could be taken this > > way. But it seems that Richard as well as many other > > got my intent. Others misunderstood it and I > > understand why they did. But apologize? PLEASE! > > > > Any psychologist that says, over a period of weeks: > > 1) I have state sanction to declare you crazy > 2) I have state sanction to commit crazy people > 3) You are crazy > > and even if only as a joke -- and doesn't get the substantial abuse of > position in those words, and crude, sick one-upmanship in that, well, > is crazy, IMO. > > (Sorry if my words may/don't yet quite hit the mark, in defining and > describing why those 3 points above are quite so odd -- and a bit > chilling -- from a licensed psychologist.) > > But continue to laugh it away. It makes it all the more odd. > > Kevin -- the other licensed psychologist here, or Marek, a lawyer in > good standing with the bar, does the above seem odd, from a > professional standards point of view, to you? If you sincerely don't > think so, I will reconsider why I think it is abhorant. (I reconsider > most of my values and POVs regularly, so thats not a huge commitment.) >
