Date: 23 Jun 2007 02:13:37 GMT From: MI5Victimnospamgov.uk Subject: MI5 Persecution: A new Kafka? 3/10/95 (4576)
Newsgroups: uk.misc,soc.culture.british,uk.media,uk.politics From: jacksonnospamev.tti.com (Dick Jackson) Subject: Re: What it's like to be watched by the security services Message-ID: <1995Oct13.225312.6514nospamews.tti.com> Sender: usenetnospamews.tti.com (Usenet Admin) Nntp-Posting-Host: soldev Organization: Citicorp-TTI at Santa Monica (CA) by the Sea References: <DFy9tB.3JK.0.bloornospamree.net> <813188298snz129.os2.7nospamkcat.demon.co.uk> <DGE7uJ.8tF.0.bloornospamree.net> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 22:53:12 GMT Lines: 34 In article <DGE7uJ.8tF.0.bloornospamree.net> bu765nospamree.net (Mike Corley) writes: > >Strangers in the street have recognized me on sight many times, and shown >awareness of the current thread of abuse. To give you one example, in 1992 >I was seriously ill, and a manager at work somewhat humouroursly said that >"it wasn't fair" that people were bullying me. A few days later, I >attended for the first time a clinic in London as an outpatient, and on my >way out was accosted by someone who asked if "they had paid my fare", with >emphasis on the word "fare". He repeated the word several times in this >different context; that they should have paid my "fare", each time >emphasising the word. > >For two and a half years from the time their harassment started until >November 1992 I refused to see a psychiatrist, because I reasoned that I >was not ill of my own action or fault, but through the stress caused by >harassment, and that a lessening of the illness would have to be >consequent to a removal of its immediate cause, in other words a cessation >of harassment. I also reasoned that since they were taunting me with jokes >about mental illness, if I were to seek treatment then the abusers would >think that they had "won" and been proved "right". <I've deleted a lot, but I think this gives the idea> I have so far not contributed to this tread, it has been unpleasant in my opinion. However, I was struck by the resemblance of the above passages to the writing of Franz Kafka. Viz. while from an objective viewpoint it seems to refer to a abnormal world, in a strange way it does resonate strongly at other levels. Mr. Corley, have you tried to write for publication? I honestly think it might lead somewhere positive. Dick Jackson (serious for a change and expecting to get beaten up) 4576
