[GarthB]

"Anyone confusing the Mitchell report with McCarthyism does not understand one or the other or both."

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The comparison is that McCarthy named names of people that were not guilty of what they were accused of. And when those did not cooperate with the McCarthy investigation (which many choose not to answer questions) they were accused of being communist even if the evidence was not complete or the people were not convicted of anything. Of course it is a little different because one was a government action and another is a sports league or organizational report. The result is possibly the same. You have attached people’s names that are seen as guilty even if they did not give information. And folks like you are accusing those on the list as having done something wrong because they did not “defend themselves” by talking to the Mitchell people. This report has ruined the reputation of people based on a lot of hearsay and innuendo. Forgive me if I want more than a conversation to implicate someone of a wrong act. I guess anytime an official has a conversation with someone about what they feel, someone can accuse them of cheating or doing other things just based on a conversation. That is the only comparison I was making and if that is hard to understand then I really do not know what to tell you. This is why it is called a comparison, I did not say these two things were exactly and 100% the same.

Peace

I rest my case.