Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 08:53:13 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it's true? Message-ID: <980628085313.ZM29207@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> "Re: Does it's true?" (Jun 27, 8:49pm) References: <199806280249.UAA18545@struct.>
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On Jun 27, 8:49pm, allen campbell wrote: > Subject: Re: Does it's true? > > > >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 >-- End of excerpt from allen campbell Private reply! Learn to read headers. BTW, piss off mate! Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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