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Originally Posted by tecoyah
I am seriously curious....as this is a forum of thought:
What is the difference percieved here, If you kill someone....is it not Murder?
Or do we get to pass the guilt of this act onto the faceless entity of societal acceptance. To me at least....killing someone is a bad thing....regardless.
I do not need the Negative Karma
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I view murder to be an instance of killing that is unjustified. Of course, if you don't believe that there could be a sufficient justification, then killing and murder are one and the same.
I believe that killing is justified in self-defense and defense of others (where there is no practical alternative), as well as perhaps some additional scenarios in times and places of war - but my mind is a bit fuzzier on that.
I don't believe that the death penalty is ever justified, unless it somehow falls into one of the three categories above as well. I do consider it murder, otherwise.