From: godfrey@sscvx1.ssc.gov (LAURENCE GODFREY)
Subject: Re: In your school?
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:18:00 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.024329.2836@philmtl.philips.ca>, ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn)         writes...
>There is a sinister tone in Godfrey's postings on this matter which reminds
>me of Valery Fabrikant of Concordia University, and which is of growing
>concern to me.
> 
>In the ongoing Fabrikant case which I've reported on extensively in
>s.c.canada and sci.research.careers, some possible grains of truth at the
>heart of his complaints against the university were exagerated by his
>extremely over-developed sense of personal injustice to the point that four
>people have been murdered.
> 
>Fabrikant has a history of minor lawsuits against people and organizations
>whom he felt had not treated him well enough, and he has an agressive
>anti-social approach to his personal relationships which alienates him from
>all those around him.  He interprets indifference or the inability to
>assist him as acting against him, and he's made sweeping general
>condemnations of most processes and procedures he's had to deal with before
>and after his arrest, threatening everyone who doesn't go along with him.
> 
>I'm not suggesting for a moment that the parallels with Fabrikant go this
>far, but I do know that Godfrey has shown great interest in the Fabrikant
>case, and I think his behaviour is unusual enough to deserve attention.
> 
>It's obvious from the number of times that Godfrey brings up his sense of
>injustice, the tone of his postings, his threats, his blanket insults, and
>the fact that he regards all Canadians as implicated somehow in his dispute
>with the NRC, that this is not something that we should treat frivolously
>any longer.
> 
>I ask that unless addressing the heart of the matter from the standpoint of
>real knowledge, that we all stop replying in kind to Godfrey's baiting.
> 
>To Godfrey, I'd like to say that your behaviour here has been
>unprofessional, immature and irrational.  Your continued general whining in
>these soc.culture newsgroups seriously belittles your personal image and
>stands no chance of generating sympathy or support for any case you may or
>may not have against specific organizations like the NRC.
> 
>You've succeeding in creating a climate in which readers are quite
>justified in forming the opinion that you probably got exactly what you
>deserved.  Indeed, to anyone interested in building a case _against_ you,
>the record of your postings would form an interesting adjunct.
> 
>If you have a need to continue airing this subject on the net,
>sci.research.careers is by far the most appropriate group to hear your
>case.  If you deserve a sympathetic ear, you'll most likely find it there.
> 
>I also urge you to seek professional help at the earliest opportunity.  You
>clearly have a major issue in your life that you need help in coming to
>terms with.
>-- 

That's a very patronising posting.  I assure you that much as I dislike
Canada I have no intention of shooting anyone.  It's quite true that I
showed a great interest in Frabrikant, because I can well believe from my
own experiences that the university did treat him with great injustice
(not a "grain of truth" as you state - why do you dismiss his accusations
so lightly, I wonder?).  As for the rest, it amuses me to generate the
hate mail that my postings receive.  As for your claim that I got what
I deserved, I think you have it the wrong way around - the injstice comes
before the complaints, not the other way around.  On the contrary, I would
suggest that the Concordia people probably got what they deserved.

Laurence