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BBtB, you say that only murder, not all killing is wrong, then define murder as only unlawful killing, then go on to say that killing is wrong in societies where it is lawful. No disrespect, but you could have this argument all on your own.
Is it immoral to restrict someone from practising a belief system in which they beat people until they are on the verge of death then leave them crippled and maimed for the rest of their lives? Or is morality a little more complex than you like to think.
Dragonlich, Aztec society was incredibly successful. They had every other society aroud working for them and paying them tribute, while they sat around taking drugs and killing people. Their downfall was nothing to do with their moral outlook, but just because we were better at killing than they were at staying alive. Also 3 contradicts 4. Do you want fixed moral rules or ones that grow and evolve?
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"No one was behaving from very Buddhist motives. Then, thought Pigsy, he was hardly a Buddha, nor was he a monkey. Presently, he was a pig spirit changed into a little girl pretending to be a little boy to be offered to a water monster. It was all very simple to a pig spirit."
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