RE: [PEN-L:31851] RE: Re: RE: Re: dismantling due process ----- Original Message ----- From: Devine, James To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 7:06 AM Subject: [PEN-L:31860] RE: RE: Re: RE: Re: dismantling due process
>It's part of the new race to the > bottom, the downward harmonization of moral standards. > > Jim > Don't forget that it was Churchill who first proposed gassing and bombing Iraq in 1919. The idea that there was ever an upward harmonisation is surely illusion. Mark I think these things go in cycles. Back when the US faced superpower competition from the USSR, both sides had to try to look good internationally, causing a temporary upward harmonization. JD ================ Was Viet Nam an upward harmonization? Ian
