On 27 Feb 2008 at 21:55, William Scott wrote: > The correspondence below is a thread of TIPs that recently happened. I > took part in it as you can read <snip>
Along with others, I'm very sorry to hear about this. But given current tragic events, our inability to ensure that campuses are truly safe, and the fact that no school is immune from random violence (not even in Canada, where we used to be smug), the reaction is understandable. Once Bill's e-mail went to the administration, I think they had no choice but to do something. Two lessons I draw from this: 1) Never, never say anything which is open to such misinterpretation (not even the commonplace, "I'll kill you if you do that"), and never, never joke about such things. I observe this rule with a scrupulousness approaching paranoia when passing through pre-flight security. 2) As I've said before, posting on TIPS is like publishing in a journal, except that what you say on TIPS will reach far more people, many of whom will not be part of our cosy group. We should remember this just before we hit the "send" button. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
