Re: journalists' ethics

["D. Kosloff" <dkosloff@ncweb.com>]

I'm inclined to think that if 1990s morality were applied to past acts, just
about anything would be OK, as long as the individual doing the act had
politically correct intentions or credentials.  It appears that paperwork
for the plutonium experiments was not properly written, executed and
retained in accordance with today's legal practices.

Don Kosloff <dkosloff@ncweb.com>
Perry OH

----- Original Message -----
From: Potter, Charles <capotte@sandia.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 9:38 AM
Subject: RE: journalists' ethics


> I was here (Albuquerque) during the initial publication of the articles.
In
> addition to Dr. Kathryn, others who are no longer among us to defend
> themselves, Wright Langham for instance, were abused by this "journalist."
> Around this time, Keith Schaiger gave a seminar at Sandia discussing how
> informed consent has changed over time, and that the "victims" of the
> "plutonium experiments" were treated properly for the time.  It's amazing
> how much support in the press you can get by judging past acts with 1990s
> morality.
>
> Maybe I'll write something denouncing the Roman Empire for abusing people
> :-)
>
> Gus
>
> You step in the stream,
> but the water has moved on.
> The page is not here.
> -- A computer error message in Haiku form
>
> C. A. Gus Potter
> Sandia National Laboratories
> Albuquerque, New Mexico
> (505) 844-2750
> capotte@sandia.gov


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