The correspondence below is a thread of TIPs that recently happened. I took part in it as you can read. Based on this actual exchange, and nothing else, I have been suspended from my job (with pay --hooray). My college has decided that I am a possible threat to everyone and I must undergo some evaluation (as yet to be determined - maybe psychiatric, maybe going through all my email, -- who knows). It seems that someone sent a copy of my posting to the president of the college saying that I was making terrorist threats. I don't know if this was an idiot reading of my post or a friend sending the letter as a prank. Regardless, I have been relieved of my position as a tenured professor of psychology at the College of Wooster untill this is settled.
This is real. I am not kidding about this. Originally a member named Michael Sylvester wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > U miss the point.The shooter's behavior was due to his not taking his > meds-nothing more,nothing less. In response, Christopher Green of York University (where I used to be a faculty member) wrote: Nothing more, nothing less? By that logic, we should immediately jail everyone who stops taking prescribed medications. I think this situation is FAR more complicated than whether one takes drugs. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University In response to this Tim Shearon of Idaho College wrote: Chris- You stopped too soon. Let's develop profiles of those who might stop taking their meds. We could then prevent this from occurring. (removing tongue from cheek for the next few minutes) :) Incidentally I've stopped taking my meds. Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In response to this I wrote: I have stopped taking my meds, too. I was prescribed some prozac a couple of years ago when I reported feeling fatigued to my family medicine doctor. I quit taking it after a month or so because it seemed to make no difference. Last weekend in a discussion of the shootings with some old friends I confessed that I responded to the news by thinking of a list of people I would blow away at my school in a similar way. Catch me if you can. Bill Scott p.s. The point is that, although all of the above is true, I believe it is true for 99.99% of people who have the same story that they will never do such a thing. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
