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Three vs. William F. Buckley Jr.
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Item Title Three vs. William F. Buckley Jr.
Guest Lowenstein, Allard K.
Guest Burden, Carter
Guest Pilpel, Harriet F.
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedJuly 21, 1978
Description

In this installment of the semi-annual turning of the tables, the guests question their host on everything from government spending, to the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion, to aid to authoritarian regimes. Two samples: HP: "I think what we can agree on in disputes of this kind is that the role of the government, in a culturally diverse, pluralistic society, is to be neutral." WFB: "My God! You want to pass a law [ERA] forbidding me to hire a female nurse for my mother, and you're telling me the law has to be neutral in matters of such gravity as abortion!" ... CB: "But if life is sacred, if that is a basic moral premise, then how can you in any case justify taking life [via the death penalty]?" WFB: "By reading the Bible." CB: "An eye for an eye? You subscribe to that?" WFB: "No, I don't subscribe to that. But there are many instances in the Bible where, given due process, and given the gravity of the crime, the taking of life is authorized."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 58 minutes, 52 seconds
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0336
Record Number80040.577
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