Its tragic implication lies in its power of debasing people and ideals.
It said that the alternatives to hanging were equally macabre, debasing to those who took part and corrosive of a civilised society.
We are rapidly debasing the idea of being civilised by removing dignity from some of the most vulnerable people in our community.
I made the point that this constant debasing left a loophole for unscrupulous manufacturers.
It is debasing to infer that to use contraceptives is responsible, without making it plain that promiscuity, which contraceptives inevitably encourage, is socially irresponsible.
It seems to be debasing the whole tradition of our two-party system.
They have looked upon it as a degrading, dehumanising, debasing thing.
It is not here a question of debasing the value of a gallantry medal.
