Air date: 2006.09.18
Guests: Romesh Ratnesar, Jim Pinkerton
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Discussing the recent Bush “I got you so scared I could get away with murder” policy, in particular his “What I did this summer: reworking the Geneva Convention”, Lehrer and guests entertained callers who proclaimed (rough):
The American public understands that these people are not members of the family of man. We have to do what we have to do in order to get the information we need to keep the country safe.
There was a lot of talk about “great republic” and “moral beacon” but little attention paid to the simple question of the humans being tortured and their innocence or guilt.
Interestingly enough, a later part of the show talks about “moral relativism”.
