The USA has not ratified the Convention against Torture.
What’s Jesse Helms have against something like that? This doesn’t sound like anybody telling America what to do. I mean, it’s not like there’s any possibility that we might repeal the Eighth Amendment and legalize torture, is there?
Unless…
And about his “you be a lady” remark, I fond that comparable to going into an NOW meeting and sayong something like “Nice hooters!”.