Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 20:49:04 -0600 (MDT) From: allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: fpawlak@execpc.com Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it's true? Message-ID: <199806280249.UAA18545@struct.> In-Reply-To: <980627183640.ZM27871@darkstar.connect.com>
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> > >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
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