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--------------E219CA59C756F69B2F310850 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Thomas A. Easop" wrote: > Sorry for the confusion, my fault. My point is that we can learn from this > incident two lessons. > > First lesson, why did he really die? Was it diver error, equipment problem > (design, breakdown, etc.) or was it something entirely different - like a > totally unrelated medical event. So far, the whole story is not out. > > Second lesson, we can learn clearly how the sources bearing information also > come bearing thier own agendas. We must understand who is saying what, not just > what they are saying. > So far I have discovered that when I try to get information, including supposedly publicly available information, out of Medical Examiners or law enforcement officials in the US, the answer is a resounding "are you a member of the family?". The whole handling of deaths seems very at odds with the English tradition of an open Coroner's Court, in which the fact of an accidental or homicidal death are firmly established. Compare this with the treatment in South Africa Rehan Bouwer . -- Wrolf wrolf@wr*.ne* Wrolf's Wreck: http://wrolf.net Wrolf's Net.Wreck: http://wrolf.net/netmgmt.shtml --------------E219CA59C756F69B2F310850 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> "Thomas A. Easop" wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Sorry for the confusion, my fault. My point is that we can learn from this <br>incident two lessons. <p>First lesson, why did he really die? Was it diver error, equipment problem <br>(design, breakdown, etc.) or was it something entirely different - like a <br>totally unrelated medical event. So far, the whole story is not out. <p>Second lesson, we can learn clearly how the sources bearing information also <br>come bearing thier own agendas. We must understand who is saying what, not just <br>what they are saying. <br> </blockquote> So far I have discovered that when I try to get information, including supposedly publicly available information, out of Medical Examiners or law enforcement officials in the US, the answer is a resounding "are you a member of the family?". <p>The whole handling of deaths seems very at odds with the English tradition of an open Coroner's Court, in which the fact of an accidental or homicidal death are firmly established. Compare this with the treatment in South Africa <a href="http://wrolf.net/Cautionary.html#Rehan_Bouwer">Rehan Bouwer</a> . <br> <p>-- <br>Wrolf &n bsp; wrolf@wr*.ne* <p>Wrolf's Wreck: <A HREF="http://wrolf.net">http://wrolf.net</A> <br>Wrolf's Net.Wreck: <A HREF="http://wrolf.net/netmgmt.shtml">http://wrolf.net/netmgmt.shtml</A> <br> </html> --------------E219CA59C756F69B2F310850-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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