And in the process, America has committed terrible misdeeds, which have sapped the world's faith in us — and ultimately, our faith in ourselves". This is obviously a difficult argument to make, politically.
A revolving door has allowed some prisoners to be released, while others are imprisoned for terrible misdeeds like using the Internet to critique China's one-party state, organizing independent labor unions or celebrating the Dalai Lama's birthday.
The overwhelming majority of our good and dedicated priests, who do splendid work day after day, have found their reputations unfairly tarnished by the terrible misdeeds of a few.
As chairman of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in which people were offered amnesty in return for full disclosure of their crimes, he saw extraordinary (and to some, bewildering) scenes of reconciliation between the perpetrators and victims of terrible misdeeds.Plenty of people didn't like it.
The Anti-Defamation League, a movement which fights anti-Semitism, has placed some dramatic newspaper advertisements to underline its case that the singling out of Israel by British academia at a time of terrible misdeeds in Darfur, Zimbabwe and Iran can only reflect prejudice.
"The members of the Teamsters union have paid a terrible price for the misdeeds of Mr. Carey," said Mr. Hoffa, the son of the union's most famous leader.
Questions like: Do we live in a world where terrible people go unpunished for their misdeeds?
To some extent, the anxiety comes from those in the usual anti-American quarters, who regard any blow to the United States -- no matter how terrible -- as just retribution for past misdeeds.
Schweppenstette, you are a truly terrible human being but I admire your dedication to misdeeds.
