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From: MSmith on 8 Dec 2007 07:33
And Linda scares away another lurker. Well done, you ignorant tart.


<csancimino(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Please remove my name from this list.
> Thank you,
> Catherine Sancimino
>
> indomitable2 wrote:
>> Rank and File Psychologists refuse to pay APA dues to support Koochers
>> K00KS
>> Bureaucracy of Evil
>>
>>
>> Why We Refuse to Pay Our APA Dues
>> http://www.withholdapadues.com/
>>
>> As APA members we are profoundly disturbed by our organization's policy
>> that
>> promotes the participation of psychologists in interrogations at
>> Guantanamo
>> Bay and other military and C.I.A. facilities where suspected terrorists
>> are
>> detained without due process.
>>
>> In 2006 the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical
>> Association declared unequivocally that there is no legitimate role for
>> psychiatrists or physicians in such interrogations; they insisted that
>> participation violates basic international human rights and the ethical
>> imperative to do no harm. Noting the APA's cooperation with the US
>> government, the American Anthropological Association voted unanimously to
>> condemn the use of anthropological knowledge as an element of physical or
>> psychological torture.
>>
>> A recently declassified August 2006 U.S. Dept. of Defense report confirms
>> that psychologists are directly responsible for the development and use
>> of
>> techniques. This report, from the Office of the Inspector General, states
>> that psychologists played a central role training U.S. military personnel
>> in
>> coercive interrogation strategies.
>>
>> The APA's position is condemned by human rights groups, by the ACLU, by
>> Britain's medical journal The Lancet, and by many of its own members.
>> Yet,
>> in 2007 the elected and appointed leaders of the APA voted once again
>> against an amendment that would have prevented psychologists from working
>> in
>> facilities in which detainees are deprived of their human rights except
>> as
>> health personnel.
>> Rather than unambiguously prohibiting psychologists' participation in the
>> process of interrogations, the 2007 Resolution Against Torture condemns a
>> series of abusive torture techniques. The list of these techniques and
>> the
>> manner in which they are qualified still allows for considerable
>> ambiguity
>> about how and when psychologists may become engaged in interrogations.
>> Further, these prohibitions are limited to interrogations, the conditions
>> of
>> detention -- themselves called tantamount to torture by the International
>> Committee of the Red Cross -- and what happens outside of interrogations
>> are
>> not addressed in this Resolution.
>>
>> Although, the American Psychological Association argues that the presence
>> of
>> psychologists at Guantanamo Bay promotes "ethical" interrogations and
>> prevents abuse, we contend that in continuing its collaboration with the
>> US
>> Government in its policy of holding detainees indefinitely without due
>> process in detention centers that are in direct violation of
>> International
>> Human Rights Law and the Geneva Conventions, the APA is lending
>> credibility
>> to unacceptable detention and interrogation practices, thereby
>> undermining
>> the integrity of American psychologists throughout the world.
>>
>> We withhold our dues and appeal to others to withhold theirs to promote 3
>> key aims:
>>
>> 1. To register our protest against the unethical policies of the APA.
>> 2. To generate publicity and raise awareness among fellow psychologists
>> and
>> other mental health professionals, our nation policy makers, members of
>> the
>> media, and concerned citizens around the world.
>> 3. To exert continuing and growing pressure on the APA to change its
>> policy.
>> We will withhold our dues until the APA reaffirms unequivocal adherence
>> to
>> our first principle do no harm, and insures that its Code of Ethics
>> conforms
>> with human rights standards set by international law and the Geneva
>> Conventions. We invite you to join us. For further information and to add
>> your name to the roll of those withholding dues, go to our website:
>> www.withholdapadues.com
>>
>> Partial list of current APA members who have pledged to withhold their
>> dues
>> as of October 26, 2007
>> Dan Aalbers, M.A.
>> Miri Abramis, Ph.D.
>> Neil Altman, Ph.D.
>> Adam Andreasson, M.A.
>> Martine Aniel, Ph.D.
>> Adrianne Aron, Ph.D.
>> Lewis Aron, Ph.D.
>> Seth Aronson, Ph.D.
>> Armond Aserinsky, Ph.D.
>> Bill Auerbach, Ph.D.
>> Claire Basescu, Ph.D.
>> Andrew M. Barclay, Ph.D.
>> Roanne Barnett, Ph.D.
>> Julia Beltsiou, Psy.D.
>> Stephen Benson, Ph.D.
>> Anne Bernstein, Ph.D.
>> Mark J. Blechner, Ph.D.
>> Leonard Bohanon, Ph.D.
>> Trudy Bond, Ed.D.
>> Victor Bonfilio, J.D., Ph.D.
>> Steven Botticelli, Ph.D.
>> Ghislaine Boulanger, Ph.D.
>> Helen Brackett, Ph.D.
>> Michael Bramel, Psy.D.
>> Jill Bresler, Ph.D.
>> Doris Brothers, Ph.D.
>> Stephanie Buehler, Psy.D.
>> Suzanne Burger, Psy.D.
>> David Byrom, Ph.D.
>> Jennifer Cantor, Ph.D.
>> Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D.
>> Heather Cass, Ph.D.
>> Maurice Cayem, Ph.D.
>> Antonia Cedrone, Ph.D.
>> J.P. Cheuvront, PsyD.
>> Abram Chipman, Ph.D.
>> Susan B. Chipman, Ph.D.
>> Harold Chorny, Ph.D.
>> Ann B. Clarkson, Ph.D.
>> Roger Coger, Ph.D.
>> Shuki Cohen, MSc., Ph.D.
>> Barbara M. Coleman, Ed.D.
>> Cynthia Colvin, Ph.D.
>> Ken Corbett, Ph.D.
>> Robert Custrini, Ph.D.
>> Martha Davis, Ph.D.
>> Leni de Mik, Ph.D.
>> Daniel DeNevi, Ph.D.
>> Fred de Wit, Ph.D.
>> Ronda Diegel, Ph.D.
>> Muriel Dimen, Ph.D., L.P.Anne Dinkelspiel, Ph.D.
>> Laura Doty, Ph.D.
>> Phillip Drummond, Ph.D.
>> Arthur J. Eccleston, Psy.D.
>> Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D.
>> Barbara Eisold, Ph.D.
>> Sarah J. Erickson, M.A.
>> Mary Fabry, Ph.D.
>> Ruth Fallenbaum, Ph.D.
>> Ken Feiner, Ph.D.
>> Ronald Feintech, Ph.D.
>> Elsa First
>> Deborah Freed, Ph.D.
>> J. Lamar Freed, Ph.D.
>> Cress Forester, Psy. D.
>> Helen Gediman, Ph.D.
>> Daniel Gensler, Ph.D.
>> Jess Ghannam, Ph.D.
>> Peter Gilford, Ph.D.
>> Noah S. Glassman, Ph.D.
>> Jason Gold, Ph.D.
>> Elizabeth Goren, Ph.D.
>> Sue Grand, Ph.D.
>> Tamara McClintock
>> Greenberg, PsyD.
>> Thomas S. Greenspon, Ph.D.,
>> LP, LMFT
>> Wendy Greenspun, Ph.D.
>> Judith Gulko, Ph.D.
>> Orna Guralnik, Psy.D.
>> Skye Haberman, Ph.D.
>> Forrest Hamer, Ph.D.
>> Bruce Hammer Ph.D.
>> Margaret Hanke, Ph.D.
>> Nahla Harik-Williams, Ph.D.
>> Milton E. Harris, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
>> Elizabeth Hegeman, Ph.D.
>> Susan J. Herman, Ph.D.
>> Anita Herron, Ph.D.
>> Irwin Z. Hoffman, Ph.D.
>> Nancy Hollander, Ph.D.
>> James W. Hopper, Ph.D.
>> Scott Alan Hoye, Ph.D.
>> Marianne Jackson, Ph.D.
>> Matthew B. Johnson, Ph.D.
>> Juno Ju, Psy.D.
>> Joe Kamiya, Ph.D.
>> Mark S. Kane, Ph.D.
>> Adam Kaplan, Ph.D.
>> P. Kaplan, Ph.D.
>> Jeremy J. Karpen, M.A.Jeffrey Kaye, Ph.D.
>> Robert Keisner, Ph.D.
>> Patricia M. Kennedy, Ph.D.
>> Harry Kent, Ph.D.
>> Lynne Kwalwasser, Ph.D.
>> Jill Latonick-Flores, Ph.D.
>> Sally B. Lauve, Psy.D.
>> Lynne Layton, Ph.D.
>> Rivkah Lapidus, Ph.D.
>> Ronnie Lesser, Ph.D.
>> Ellen Levine, Ph.D.
>> Joan Lipton, Ph.D.
>> Barbra Locker, Ph.D.
>> Eric Loeb, Ed.D.
>> Richard H. Loewus, Ph.D.
>> David Lichtenstein, Ph.D.
>> Joe McCormack, Ph.D.
>> Tom McGoldrick, Ph.D.
>> David McKirnan, Ph.D.
>> Arla Lisa McMillan, PsyD.
>> Bart Magee
>> Harriet J. Mall, Psy.D.
>> David G. Mark, Ph.D.
>> Abigail Levinson Marks, Ph.D.
>> Suzanne G. Martin Psy.D.
>> Will Martinez, M.A.
>> Patrick Meade
>> Jamie Meadows, Ph.D.
>> Arthur Meinzer, Ph.D.
>> Barbara Menzel, Ph.D.
>> Judith Merbaum. Ph.D.
>> Jeffrey J. Mermelstein, Ph.D.
>> Malcolm Miller, Ph.D.
>> Doris K. Miller, Ph.D. (emerita)
>> Julian Misha, Ph.D.
>> Paul Moore, Ph.D.
>> Jorge A. Montijo, Ph.D.
>> Donald Morgan, Psy.D.
>> Clare Mundell, Ph.D.
>> Hermine Muskat, Ed.D.
>> Shelley Nathans, Ph.D.
>> John Neafsey, Ph.D.
>> Stephanie Noland, Ph.D.
>> Brad Olson, Ph.D.
>> Spyros Orfanos, Ph.D.
>> Francoise Paradis, Ed.D.
>> Lynn Passy, Ph.D.
>> Mary Rose Paster, Ph.D.
>> Rachael Peltz, Ph.D.
>> Victoria Peters, Ph.D.
>> Jerry Phelps, Ph.D.Jay B. Pozner, Ph.D.
>> Thomas Rosbrow, Ph.D.
>> Robert Prince, Ph.D.
>> Andrea Remez, Ph.D.
>> Steven Reisner, Ph.D.
>> Melissa B. Ritter, Ph.D.
>> Karen Rosica, Ph.D.
>> Alison Ross, Ph.D.
>> David Sloan Rossiter, Ph.D.
>> Deborah Rothschild, Ph.D.
>> Sergio Rothstein, Ph.D.
>> Luisa M. Saffiotti, Ph.D.
>> Kristi Schermerhorn, Ph.D.
>> Erica Schoenberg, Ph.D.
>> Jill Salberg, Ph.D.
>> Catherine Sancimino, B.A.
>> Leonard Saxe, Ph.D.
>> Polly Scarvalone, Ph.D.
>> Amy Schaffer, Ph.D.
>> Barbara Cohn Schlachet, Ph.D.
>> Peter Schneider, Ph.D.
>> David Schwartz
>> Regine Anna Seckinger, Ph.D.
>> Henry Seiden, Ph.D.
>> Sue A. Shapiro, Ph.D.
>> Gail Shafarman, Ph.D.
>> Alice Shaw, Ph.D.
>> Baba Singh
>> Donna L. Skillman, Psy.D.
>> Joyce Slochower, Ph.D.
>> Stephen Soldz, Ph.D.
>> Zina Steinberg, Ph.D.
>> Donnel Stern, Ph.D.
>> Laurie Stricks, Ph.D.
>> Melanie Suchet, Ph.D.
>> Frank Summers, Ph.D.
>> Carole Symer, Ph.D.
>> Deborah Tanzer, Ph.D.
>> Ethel Tobach, Ph.D. (emerita)
>> Helen Torker, Ph.D.
>> Sidney Trantham, Ph.D
>> Diane Ungar, M.A.
>> Leopoldo Villa, Ph.D.
>> Kimberly S. Wagner, Ph.D.
>> Seth Warren, Ph.D.
>> Sarah L. Weber, Ph.D.
>> Kaethe Weingarten, Ph.D.
>> Margaret Whilde, Ph.D.
>> Jeanne Wolff Bernstein, Ph.D.
>> Vanessa Wruble
>>
>> www.withholdapadues.com


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