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To: sinkspur

"He's not gubernatorial material."

Que?


12 posted on 05/10/2006 7:17:27 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: Bobibutu

"Do not commit murder."

This has been a "biggie" for me for over 50 years.

The commandment does not say "thou shall not kill" - as we were brainwashed to believe - at least I was.

Murder and killing are two different things ... our troops kill ... murder on the other hand ... going back to Wikipedia ...

In criminal law, murder is the crime where one or more human beings causes the death of others, without lawful excuse, and with intent to kill or with an intent to cause grievous bodily harm, which is traditionally termed "malice aforethought". In attempted murder, the mens rea requirement, Latin for "guilty mind", is limited. In some common law jurisdictions, an accused is not guilty of murder if the victim lives for longer than a year and a day after the attack. This reflects the likelihood that, if the victim has survived so long after the initial attack, there will be other factors contributing to the cause of death and so break the chain of causation. Subject to the local statute of limitation, the accused can still be charged with an offense representing the seriousness of the initial assault. But, with the advance of modern medicine, the majority of countries have abandoned a fixed time period and test causation on the facts. In most countries murder is considered the most serious crime, and invokes the highest punishment available under the law. As with most legal terms, the precise definition varies between jurisdictions.

I do not condone the taking of human life. However when someone wants to take out me or my/others children ... killing is appropriate.


13 posted on 05/10/2006 7:35:27 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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