[clug] Bryan's behaviour

Bob Edwards bob at cs.anu.edu.au
Wed Jul 3 07:09:42 UTC 2019


On 3/7/19 4:54 pm, Miller-Kelly, Cody via linux wrote:
> Bryan,
> 
> I have Asperger's,

Hi Cody,

Going way off-topic, I have a friend who is diagnosed with Aspergers
who used to live in NSW. He enjoyed coming to visit me, because (he
claims) when he drives over the border into the ACT he doesn't have
it anymore as (apparently) the ACT Health Directorate doesn't (or
didn't) recognise it as an actual condition, just a point on the
spectrum.

Certainly, doing a search on the ACT Health website for Aspergers
turns up no hits (there are some for "autism").

Thanks for coming along and participating in CLUG meetings even if
you are struggling with us socially. You manage it very well.

cheers,
Bob Edwards.

I've long been a member of CLUG and have attended many,
> many meetings, I've been employed by members of CLUG, I've employed members
> of CLUG!, CLUG for me has overwhelmingly been a very positive experience,
> it's allowed me to work with some very very smart people, learn some very
> cool stuff, but I've never behaved like you are.
> 
>  From what I've seen you show contempt to those trying to help you or
> provide feedback on your behaviour, you hide behind your diagnosis and use
> it to behave badly.
> 
> Please stop using the spectrum as an excuse for your behaviour. I sure as
> hell don't.
> 
> I second Alastair's motion.
> 
> Regards
> Cody
> 
> On Wed., 3 Jul. 2019, 4:39 pm Bryan Kilgallin via linux, <
> linux at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
>> Alastair wrote:
>>
>>> As you were already told at MHV, this is an informal community, not a
>>> workplace, and you have no right to make demands of people who are
>>> volunteering their time to share their knowledge with the rest of the
>>> community.
>>
>> Adults arrive bearing various ailments. Some suffer deafness. Another
>> has diabetes.
>>
>>> Your outrageous demands and disrespectful behaviour are as toxic and
>>> unwanted here as they were at MHV, and since you have shown no sign of
>>> remorse over the disrespectful treatment you have shown to Brad, I do
>>> not see why anyone has incentive to even try to make any accommodations
>>> for you.
>>
>>   From popular appeal, I have amended my drawing page thus.
>>
>> {On 27 June, I brought a laptop and graphics tablet to a computer club.
>> Using MyPaint to draw a software engineer.}
>>
>> http://members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/art/drawing/index.html
>>
>>> Stop hiding behind your disability and take responsibility for your
>>> actions.
>>
>> Mental illnesses have behavioural symptoms!
>>
>>> This is a technical group, and as such, a lot of us are
>>> somewhere on the spectrum.
>>
>> Trainers need consider adult learners' needs.
>>
>>> You're not special, and being on the
>>> spectrum is not an excuse for being disrespectful.
>>
>> I've been tested as in the top 1% for verbal and visual abilities. And I
>> suffer neuro and psych problems shared by 1% of folk. One size fits all
>> doesn't work for minorities.
>>
>>> This community does not exist for your exclusive benefit, and we should
>>> not have to tolerate the behaviour you have shown.
>>
>> Your missus has talked on accommodating Aspies!
>>
>>> Many people in this community are already blocking mail from you, and
>>> are avoiding attending meetings due to the toxic environment you have
>>> created.
>>
>> I do not control what you do.
>>
>> Conrad said he avoids CLUG talks, being too techno for him!
>>
>>> Given that we have covered this many times at MHV, and you have clearly
>>> not made any attempt to treat other people or community groups with the
>>> respect they deserve, I suggest that you should no longer be permitted
>>> to post to the group, or attend meetings, until such time as you can
>>> demonstrate that you can be a productive member of the community.
>>
>> Yesterday is a memory. And tomorrow is a dream.
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