Re: [tips] False Confessions: Silence Is Golden

2011-08-15 Thread michael sylvester
Ed: That was very interesting research.Let me also add that there is some research re the high incarceration rates of blacks.It has been shown that blacks are more likely to fall into the traps of criminal investigations than whites. One variable has been emotional reactions when been examined a

[tips] Clarifications etc

2011-08-15 Thread michael sylvester
Mike P I am the one who is being threatened by some list members.Keep in mind that some of those who threaten action against me supposedly have already filtered me from their inboxes. I do not see contemplating possible action against an institution as action against an individual,except if one

[tips] Call for Papers for Psychology of Violence

2011-08-15 Thread Sugarman, David
Dear Colleagues - A Call for Papers has just been approved for the journal, Psychology of Violence that focuses on the relationship between technology and violence. I have attached it to this email. If you happen to have be doing research that may fit this topic, I hope that you would strongly

[tips] Away from office

2011-08-15 Thread Bill Southerly
I am away at the ocean for a vacation before school starts and will respond to questions once I return. Bill Bill Southerly, PhD Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD 21532 301-687-4778 bsouthe...@frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@ja

Re:[tips] Filtering the insufferable [was: Need to know]

2011-08-15 Thread Jeffry Ricker
On Aug 15, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > I think the answer to the question about whether one can use > an academic institution's computer to filter/block posts on a > email list is probably "Yes". I not only filter the emails of certain Tipsters, I also filter similarly worthless emails

re: [tips] Need to know

2011-08-15 Thread Mike Palij
Prof. Sylvester, allow me to make a few points: (1) Don't make threats against people in a public forum. It is not only bad form but it also smells of desperation. Also remember: what goes around, comes around. (2) I think the answer to the question about whether one can use an academic institu

Re:[tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-15 Thread Allen Esterson
Reflecting further on Rick's posting, and those of Nancy and Don [all below], I'm beginning to regret that I have been responsible for setting this whole thing going again. I hope we can now leave it alone, and take heed of what Rick wrote. Allen E.

RE: [tips] Need to know

2011-08-15 Thread Ed Callen
I don't want to speak for our moderator or put him in an uncomfortable position, but my recollection is that the last time there was a flurry of activity on the list to have this person removed for the same reasons here (actually I believe there were even more incendiary provocations then), he

[tips] Need to know

2011-08-15 Thread michael sylvester
Can a tipster use an academic institution's computer to filter out and block messages from an academic related topic a nd colleague? I can see the use of filters on one's personal computer but the use of personal selective filters on a university computer may raise constitutional issues. I will b

[tips] Cameron and attributions

2011-08-15 Thread michael sylvester
David Cameron calls rioters lazy and selfish,but I am glad that he has hired a Top cop from the U.S to help the Brits manage issues in the inner cities.William Bratten has a proven record of managing those riotous issues in los Angeles,Boston,and New York.He will institute a community policing p

Re: [tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-15 Thread Rick Froman
I disagree that there are any circumstances under which it is necessary to respond to these trolls. I find it hard to believe that anyone on TIPS gives these posts any credence at all. The unintended outcome of these responses is to give the original posts a much wider audience because the repli

Re:[tips] Moderating, banning, or filtering?

2011-08-15 Thread Allen Esterson
Rick Stevens writes: >Bill does us a great service by keeping the list going. >Asking him to be the PC police or to find PC deputies >and manage them would be more work for him. >Since the complaints seem to be about a small number of >people I am on the side of identifying who you don't want >to h

Re:[tips] On apologies,etc

2011-08-15 Thread Allen Esterson
It was disgraceful for the BBC interviewer to suggest that Darcus Howe had in the past been a participant in riots. And I'm totally in favour of the BBC being called to account when it transgresses appropriate standards of reporting and commentary. Indeed in 2008 a complaint of mine about inacc