Re: What a riot

Bruce J. Richman wrote:
> Lionel wrote:
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> > Bruce J. Richman wrote:
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> > > Scott wrote:
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> > > > Well that's obviously why sockpuppet wheel is suing me. I didn't call him a
> > > > "proven pedophile".
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> > > > You said I was a "widely reported pedophile" which seems to imply proven. 
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> > > Agreed.  Arguing with Krueger about semantics changes nothing.  The
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> > statement
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> > > he made was clearly defamatory and false.  And the Google record of his
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> > posts
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> > > concerning you would also indicate that it was made with malice.
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> > Mr. Richman,
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> > You are a licenced psychologist and you are gently discussing and 
> > approving one of the worst psychopath I've ever seen on usenet : Georg 
> > M. Middius.
> > Is there any deontological or ethical law in your job which would 
> > obliged you to a minimum of reserve before openly, publicly take the 
> > party of an insane guy like Georg M. Middius ?
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> Lionel - it is Dr. Richman, not Mr. Richman - or you can simply call me Bruce.
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> There is no evidence - professionally seeking -  to indicate that George M.
> Middius is insane.  The fact that you don't agree with him has nothing to do
> with his mental status - nor that of anybody else with whom you happen to
> disagree.  

Agree with you for most of them except for Georg M. Middius.

> As far as ethics are concerned, Krueger has made false claims about my
> professional qualifications in the past and supported pathological liars like
> Mike McKelvy that have done likewise.  Perhaps you should question their ethics
> rather than mine.

I was speaking about *professional* ethical and deontological rules.
McKelvy is an idiot.

> As I've said, it is for the courts to decide whether Mr. Wheeler's libel claims
> have merit.

Mr. Wheeler is a jerk. I'm afraid that he has enough money, influence 
and support to win in his lawsuit. Anyway I confirm my point of view 
that in the RAO context in will not be a victory of the law, but just 
the success of a wealthy man's caprice, extravagance.

> And for the record, "insane" - is a term used in the United States at least -
> by lawyers primarily in criminal procedings and also in involuntary
> committments to psychiatric hospitals.  It is not a psychological term and is
> not used to diagnose people by psychologists and/or psychiatrists.  Of course,
> the term is used on RAO just to insult people as we all know - LOL.

Thank you for the tip Bruce.
I am interested because sincerely I wasn't looking to insult Georg M. 
Middius but to caracterize with a medical vocabulary his pathological 
obsession for Arnold Krueger.


Lionel Chapuis