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'In the summer of 1973, four hostages were taken in a botched bank robbery at Kreditbanken in Stockholm, Sweden. At the end of their captivity, six days later, they actively resisted rescue. They refused to testify against their captors, raised money for their legal defense, and according to some reports one of the hostages eventually became engaged to one of her jailed captors. This struck some folks as weird, and as a way of coping with this uneasiness, as they started seeing more examples they named this class of strange behavior the ``Stockholm Syndrome.'' Notorious in the United States is the case of Patty Hearst, who after being kidnapped and tortured by the Symbionese Liberation Army, took up arms and joined their cause, taking on the nom de guerre of ``Tania'' and helping the SLA rob banks'. The above is from the net. Perfect description of what has happened, not sure that is actually a variant though, more like the full blown condition. -----Original Message----- From: Plunkett, Patrick (Emergency Medicine) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:43 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Contract suggestions Is this not simply a variant of the "Stockholm Syndrome"? -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Fogarty [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 05 September 2002 10:00 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Contract suggestions Yes, that's fascinating Paul; as doctors we are trained to empathise with our patients, and to conciliate with our colleagues, but this approach is fatal in a negotiation situation such as this. I fear the BMA have begun to see everything from the Government's perspective and have lost sight of the problems facing grass-roots consultants. Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howarth, Paul - RCHT" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:40 AM Subject: Re: Contract suggestions > Dr Hawker told us a majority was 50% +1. > > A flaw in Adrians argument is that Dr Hawker et al agreed to sell it to us > in the first place. My impression from him was that he really believes in it > as does everyone else I have spoken to on the negotiating committee. > My theory is that they have spent too much time with the DOH and have (as > our victorian forebearers would say) 'gone native'. > Alternatively The DOH have Paul McKenna (TV Hypnotist) on their team. > paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adrian Fogarty [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 00:29 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Contract suggestions > > > I have this idea (naive perhaps) that deep down Hawker (& Co) knows that the > new contract is a load of crap, but he's under pressure to sell it to the > consultant body, and more importantly he's got to be seen to sell it to the > consultant body, on the Government's insistence. However this way, if the > contract's emphatically rejected, the Government can't turn round to the > CCSC and say "you didn't really sell it properly; let's try harder". Maybe > I'm being too kind and we may never know the truth on this one 'til Hawker > writes his memoirs in 15 years' time! What still amazes me however is that > we remain in the dark with respect to the voting constitution. Will a simple > majority suffice, or is a two-thirds majority required? Surely this must be > decided before the voting begins, not afterwards. > > Adrian Fogarty ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. 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