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The former director, John Kerry, participated in a debate here on the moral and political aspects of amnesty with Ernest van den Haag, professor of Social Philosophy at New York University and a writer for the National Review.
Kerry said that the granting of amnesty would "elevate the values of compassion above those of hatred, fear and vengeance" and would "put the nation back on its pedestal of gentleness and goodness."
Kerry said that the fear of a Communist takeoverin South Vietnam was not a valid worry for many people. "We can't make people fight who feel no threat," he said.
Kerry asserted that the granting of amnesty does not deny a belief in the law. He said that the act would heal divisions within the country.
"Surely you cannot punish people for refusing to participate in a war which was not even worth the cost," Kerry said.