A recent reader's letter to The Times quoted a speech by Supreme Court Justice Robert H Jackson at Nuremberg in 1946:
The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated. That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to reason.
The full speech is here.
Given recent events in Guantanamo Bay, do you thimk George Bush & Co. might like to reflect on this?
Posted by timo at July 22, 2003 06:51 AM | TrackBack