Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 14:27:11 09/19/98
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On September 19, 1998 at 15:21:29, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On September 19, 1998 at 07:18:32, Don Dailey wrote: > >>Hi Moritz, > >>>Please also note that I agreed with Enrique's proposal to reinstate even this >>>very Rolf Tueschen by the means of a standard "recovery" procedure for penalized >>>former CCC participants. You see, I even supported your decision, although on >>>different grounds. >> >>You should realize that we were not trying to overturn any decision you >>guys made earlier. We simply felt it was worth a gamble bringing him >>back since he seems to have improved his attitude in recent weeks and >>months. > >Since people may have gotten the impression that I was speaking for you, I think >it is only fair that they get the impression that you are speaking for me. > >Neither is true, of course. We have different reasons for bringing him back, >but the vote, such as it was, was to bring him back, so he is back if he wants >to be back. > >I have to view this as overturning the previous decision, because otherwise I >would have to put more preconditions upon Rolf. I could say that I voted to let >him back in for the same reasons you did. This would be the politically >expedient thing for me to do, which is absolutely not to say that this is why >you have the opinion you have, quite the contrary. > >Although this would get us to the same place, and make some people happier, I do >not think that this would be the right thing *for me* to do, because the person >who would be hurt by this is Rolf, and he doesn't deserve this. If he came back >as a paroled member, he might receive different treatment than if he came back >as an exonerated member. I will argue from this point forward that he has been >exonerated as far as CCC is concerned, even if this might give some (hopefully >small) degree of offense to some. I don't see why. >This is unavoidable, in my opinion. Yup. But fair. Enrique >bruce
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