From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jun 27 19:49:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA12288 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 19:49:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bamboo.verinet.com (root@bamboo.verinet.com [204.144.246.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA12276 for ; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 19:49:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Received: from struct. (fern7.verinet.com [199.45.181.71]) by bamboo.verinet.com (8.8.8/8.7.1) with ESMTP id UAA29553; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 20:49:10 -0600 Received: (from allenc@localhost) by struct. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA18545; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 20:49:04 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from allenc) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 20:49:04 -0600 (MDT) From: allen campbell Message-Id: <199806280249.UAA18545@struct.> To: fpawlak@execpc.com Subject: Re: Does it's true? Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <980627183640.ZM27871@darkstar.connect.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > >where it is considered OK to murder people. (If you, the reader, say > > >to yourself that you don't consider it OK, then you'd better be > > >actively opposing the use of death penalty - otherwise you've just > > >turned your logic off in what you say to yourself) > > > > This statement presumes that execution is murder. Execution is a lawful > > punishment in the United States. > > > > Not everything that causes death is murder. Not even everything that > > causes a wrongful death is murder. In the United States we divvy out > > justice based on "mens rea" or criminal intent. A cold blooded killer is > > guilty of a capital offense whereas a negligent causer of death is guilty > > of a less than capital offensel. > > > > The people of the United States reserve the lawful right to punish the > > capital offender by death. Until the people change this law, execution > > will not be murder. > > > > It is never OK to murder people. No one in the US will say it is. Of > > course, as you can see by my discussion, which act consitutes a murder is > > subject to debate. > > > > Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering > > Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ > > | 206-633-5994 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > >-- End of excerpt from Jason C. Wells > > Your right Jason, it is all in the deffinitions isn't it. > > Frank consitutes -> constitutes deffinitions -> definitions This is a private reply. Consider using ispell. Allen Campbell allenc@verinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message