How ALL justice systems in our society are handled affects ALL of our rights. We need to be vigilant about protecting those rights. Administering any organization's rules involves implementing a justice system--you're just hung up on your own semantics that somehow limits justice systems to government entities. Any institution that enforces its own rules has a justice system. You can see how people believe those systems should be consistent with that of the government by looking at how they react to workplace actions.
There's already tremendous discussion about the science behind the tests, as evidenced by the discussions on this list! I have no idea of how a daylight policy will do anymore than further damage reputations unnecessarily.
RMc
At 12:12 PM 10/27/2003 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"Properly functioning justice" system? There ya go again with your embellishment.
We're talking the administration of a sporting body's rules, not the justice system. Our justice system functions just fine.
A daylight policy could only be a good thing. If the empirical data shows both a positive and a negative test, I wouldn't have any confidence in the test. A daylight policy would encourage discussion about the science behind the tests.
Speaking as someone who lives in the world of probability and risk, I'd have ZERO confidence in a test that had even as much as a 5 percent margin of error.
malmo
> From: Richard McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/10/27 Mon AM 11:29:38 CST > To: (T&FMail List) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ed and Dana Parrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: t-and-f: Washington Post - another name > > I know that many people would like to believe that scientific tests are > somehow infallible, and if one fails the first test, then that person MUST > be guilty, guilty, guilty.... But as I have stated innumerable times on > this list, it is EXTREMELY important to maintain proper procedures so that > athletes caught by "false positives" or just simple ineptitude are not > tainted by unfounded rumor. A "daylight policy" would undermine that > basic requirement of a properly functioning justice system, whether run by > the government or the USADA. > > Richard McCann > > At 04:39 PM 10/24/2003 -0700, t-and-f-digest wrote: > >Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:45:06 -0400 > >From: "malmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: t-and-f: Washington Post - another name > > > >If there was a "daylight policy" it wouldn't matter. > > > >malmo > > > >- -----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of edndana > >Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:29 AM > >To: "Athletics" > >Subject: t-and-f: Washington Post - another name > > > > > >We have a third name. I'll tell you, USADA are doing a great job > >avoiding leaks before the B samples are tested :) > > > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2614-2003Oct22.html > > > > > >- - Ed Parrot > >
