Re: [DIYbio] Blackmail and Intimidation in the London Biohackers Group

[Dakota Hamill]

After the recent thread that came through here a month or two ago, I don't think anyone wants to touch topics like this again, which is why you have probably not gotten any responses three times in a row now.

On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Simon Rose <excalib...@googlemail.com> wrote:

On Wednesday next (23rd July) a vote will be cast in an attempt to remove me as one of the directors of London Biological Laboratories,Ltd, the company name we use in order to purchase reagents

It is already a done deal, it seems that the vote has already been cast against me, and has been decided even before the formal meeting has taken place. Most of the people voting do not even know me ,or know me only in passing

I have endured threats, bullying, intimidation, defamation ,(in the form of defamatory emails posted about me in a public forum), and blackmail, intended to force me to resign

The accusations leveled against me are based on half -truths, exaggerations, jealousy and projection, as if the problems of our group could be solved by using me as a scapegoat. 

I wish to register my disgust at the deplorable way in which this matter has been conducted.

Simon Rose  

London Biohackers Group

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[Bob Hartford]

When I saw this, my first thought was "Oh, here we go again..."

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[Simon Rose]

Which thread are you referring to, Dakota?  I only posted it three times because I wasn't happy with the style of the previous ones. I am not trying to get a response particularly. I just want to let the broader community know what is going on

[Dakota Hamill]

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/diybio/end$20harassment$20in$20hacking/diybio/oLgYmZ26Wco/-o7qXu5FLFUJ

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[Matt Lawes]

Simon, without wanting go sound disrespectful - if the only purpose of LBL Ltd is to act as a purchasing shell, why do you even care a mosquito's left testicle about being a director. To me if seems .. meh! Which doesn't mean that I don't recognise the bad things that can happen when the emotionally immature get to exercise even a smidgen of perceived power.

Sometimes you just walk away.

>matt

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID

[Simon Rose]

Thanks for that Matt. I think you are quite right!

[Matt Lawes]

Yes, sad to say I am often struck in my professional life as to how few adults there are in the room, and always plenty of petty children.

All you can do is stop playing along and let them dissolve into chaos.

Simon Rose <excalib...@googlemail.com> wrote:

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