From: Dean Snyder (dean.snyder@jhu.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 07 2005 - 10:22:46 CDT
Peter Constable wrote at 7:07 AM on Thursday, July 7, 2005:
>> From: Dean Snyder [mailto:dean.snyder@jhu.edu]
>
>> >Suppose there has *never* been an instance in which WG2 rejected a
>> >UTC recommendation. What would you derive from that?
>>
>> I would assert that the burden of proof is on you and others to
>> establish that the WG2 is not a rubber stamp of the UTC.
>
>Ah, so you would derive that WG2 is a rubber stamp. That is not at all a
>valid logical conclusion.
Based on what facts?
And anyway who has said it is a logical conclusion; actually I would
consider it very strong circumstantial evidence.
>So, you'd put the burden on me (or whomever) to establish this is not
>the case. Why? Who's conducting an inquiry and why? Is this needed for
>some criminal investigation? Or simply to satisfy the whims of certain
>individuals?
>
It's very simple - in this forum Erkki Kolehmainen made the bald
statement, "it would be grossly unfair and misleading to characterize it
as a rubberstamping organization". If the facts are that WG2 approves,
let's say, 98% of UTC recommendations, then, as I continue to say, the
burden of proof is on those who would assert that it is not a de facto
rubber-stamp.
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