Where is Rawls' veil when you need it? Lawrence wrote: I watched a review on CSPAN that described a principle that all nations have adhered to historically. When they are weak they want to constrain the more powerful nations with a set of rules. But when they become powerful, they don't want to be so constrained. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html