Yes, in the very back there. Wait for the microphone. Safe foundation. Sir, i was impressed with your presentation. Now, i have a more fundamental question about the government of the United States and the people who control this country, the right and the left both together. Now, the kind of activities we are engaged in at this time, the spying on american citizens, the entire war crimes that we are committing all over the world, all these things, 20, 30 years from now we will be very, very ashamed as we are ashamed of the things that were being done in the 50s and 60s by those who controlled our government. How do we change this . We are continuously doing such tremendous amount of activities which are inhuman and barbaric. One of the themes and we could have a separate discussion of how bad the conduct of one or another American Government is at any given time, but i think one of the themes that we bring out from today is that if you cant speak freely about, it you cant document it,
This was the first to propose the idea proportionality. That is, the ought to be a fixed proportion between crimes and punishment. That was a new idea. They invented bad idea. If you want to change Human Behavior and get people to do something different, rather than just punish them, rather than just justice like give them just do, lock them up lets see if we can improve society by changing people by giving them different motivational structures like proportionality. That book is still in print by the way. As well as same kind of arguments that only they can scorcher but also against the Death Penalty and in europe the Death Penalty is dead. In the United States its on its way to extinction. Heres some of the more colorful ways that humans have practiced killing each other. This is the earliest portrayal of execution ever found by an archaeologist, Something Like 20,000 years old. He interprets it as an execution because you have 10 archers and 10 arrows in the guy lying on the ground.
Spring. Live coverage on cspan2. This is expected to get started in just a couple of moments. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we are live at the Hudson Institute for discussion on effective preparedness, response and recovery from biological and chemical threats. At a long discussion includes the Blue Ribbon Study Panel Blue Ribbon Study Panel on biodefense but among those you will hear from former connecticut senator Joe Lieberman secretary tom ridge, former senator tom daschle and former hhs secretary Donna Shalala. This is expected to start momentarily. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] again we are live at the Hudson Institute this morning waiting for the start of the discussion on biodefense but it should get unde
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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis we have been here before, depending on wher when the program airs. The government is either shut down or still open for business, barely. That is one crisis we are dealing with. Joining me now to get an assessment on what discontinued xmen ship means for the rest of thisaul krugman and continued brinksmanship means for the rest of us, paul krugman. President spoke earlier today and it appears the moment to be Standing Firm, for those who think that his Standing Firm represents recalcitrance, not wanting to negotiate, not wanting to work with the other side, so the argument goes, your thoughts about his Standing Firm today . No, what is going on right now, this has no president. We have precedent. A Political Party said were going to destroy the government, we will destroy the economy unless you give us what we want and you do not give in to that. You do not you have to take a stand that this is not a legit