To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (16703 ) 12/2/1998 4:06:00 PM From: Lizzie Tudor Read Replies (3) | Respond to
Johannes, how convenient that you left off the important (middle) sentence of my statement, and included only the fringes you needed to make your point.I take responsibility for the actions of people around me and for any activity under my watch. did it . I dont care if Starr is subordinate to Congress or not, or what the imaginary reporting structure is. The fact is, Starr produced the document - he knew what was in there. And he knew it was to be published on the internet. He should have fought like a mad dog with Gingrich or whoever to stall the publication or release an abridged version or something.To use your scenario: Had you (Congress) a subordinate (Starr) who had given you pornography (the report), and then you chose to publish it on your firm's intranet (the WWW), then you and not the subordinate should be responsible for the publication, even though the subordinate knows the content of the pornography. reporting structure of Starr/Congress etc. My point is, if someone around me tries to publish inappropriate material on the internet, whoever they are, and I know about it, it then becomes my responsibility to do what I can to stop it. And on this issue of the Starr report on the internet, republicans seem to be dodging any personal responsibility whatsoever. You'd be better off defending the Starr report vehemently and standing by the decision to publish instead of doing what you are doing which is pointing the finger at "Congress".
