>> Oh, come on. etc
Hey, I’m trying to help YOU by being persnickety about the “deprive someone of their life” thing. You’ve opened up a whole can of worms with it.
Wouldn’t locking someone away for their entire life in some sense be “depriving them of their life”?
Wouldn’t forcing a woman to cancel her plans for college in order to raise the spawn of a rapist, in some sense, be “depriving her of her life”?
If you WANT to go down that path together, fine — I guarantee it won’t bolster your argument, but we can.
Otherwise, why don’t you drop that wordy phrase and just use the word “kill”. We both know and agree what that means.
So your definition of murder becomes:
“To intentionally kill a human being, absent just cause or due process.”
OK?
“Wouldn’t locking someone away for their entire life in some sense be “depriving them of their life”?, etc”
No, of course not, especially since you are asking me for a definition of MURDER, which you already know the definition of, and you know it doesn’t include any such things.
“So your definition of murder becomes:
“To intentionally kill a human being, absent just cause or due process.”
OK?”
Yes, fine, whatever. Will you please get to your point already?