* Posts by David Lyons

2 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Aug 2008

Hacker unearths young Chinese gymnast scam

David Lyons

IOC claims "It's not our job"

How can the IOC claim that "It's not their job to check the age of competitors" when it's the IOC that set the rules regarding gymnast ages?

They CAN'T just ignore this, as the team concerned are now the Gold Medallists. The moment these allegations arose, they needed to start investigating. They can't just turn a 'blind eye' as the team also belongs to the host country, whom they do not wish to offend.

Malicious gossip could cost you your job

David Lyons

'Spectral' evidence was abandoned in 1620, wasn't it?

This sounds vaguely reminiscent of the 'spectral evidence' of the Salem witch trials in 1620 Massachusetts. Two teenage girls were responsible for the burning of 23 ? 'witches' claiming they were being 'demonically taunted' and cursed. It only stopped when they accused someone of 'high standing'.

This sort of thing could happen again under the 'enhanced CRB' checks. I realise that children must be protected from predatory adults, but how do you protect adults from malicious children ?