http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/09/gearty-on-hutton/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/09/gearty-on-hutton/comment-page-1/#comment-16277 nick Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:51:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1029#comment-16277 Regarding your introduction of this piece Chris: "His view doesn’t exactly coincide with my own...." I would have been interested to know how your view differs. Regarding your introduction of this piece Chris: “His view doesn’t exactly coincide with my own….” I would have been interested to know how your view differs.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/09/gearty-on-hutton/comment-page-1/#comment-16276 Lwandile Tue, 10 Feb 2004 06:14:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1029#comment-16276 I, too, enjoyed Gearty's piece. I'm rather surprised that (as Gearty reports him anyway) Hutton got the Reynolds case wrong. I'll have to read both the case and the relevant parts of the Hutton's report. I, too, enjoyed Gearty’s piece. I’m rather surprised that (as Gearty reports him anyway) Hutton got the Reynolds case wrong. I’ll have to read both the case and the relevant parts of the Hutton’s report.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/09/gearty-on-hutton/comment-page-1/#comment-16275 jam Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:46:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1029#comment-16275 It is, of course, difficult to judge from 3000 miles away. But my impression during the hearings was that Hutton was allowing a fairly wide range of evidence in. This presumably gave rise to both the image of a "fastidious search for truth and justice" and an expectation he would use the evidence in his findings; an expectation which was rather thoroughly dashed when the report came out. Hence the backlash. It is, of course, difficult to judge from 3000 miles away. But my impression during the hearings was that Hutton was allowing a fairly wide range of evidence in. This presumably gave rise to both the image of a “fastidious search for truth and justice” and an expectation he would use the evidence in his findings; an expectation which was rather thoroughly dashed when the report came out. Hence the backlash.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/09/gearty-on-hutton/comment-page-1/#comment-16274 Kieran Healy Mon, 09 Feb 2004 20:16:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1029#comment-16274 Gearty is a past winner of the Irish Times Debating Competition, so it's no surprise that he's brilliant, witty and well-informed. Cough. Gearty is a past winner of the Irish Times Debating Competition, so it’s no surprise that he’s brilliant, witty and well-informed. Cough.

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