Dreadsox said:
Murder...premeditated....one man against another is not the same as a Government enforcing the law.
But then we get into a game of semantics.
Modern day definition of
murder :
Function: verb
to kill (a human being) unlawfully and with premeditated malice
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So given this definition, if it's not premeditated is it not murder?
If it wasn't a written law, would it not be murder. Then we get into the semantics of before the commandments was killing right?
It's a game of semantics, the difference between murder and killing. I've seen people use this difference to justify some horrible things.
So I honestly don't see the difference in this situation.
Capital punishment is premeditated.
Capital punishment comes with malice.
So the only thing making it not murder is because it's legal?
If that's the case, one can pass a law that killing redheads is legal, and therefore would be right given this semantic game with commandments.