Re: The death penalty legitimizes murder

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:43:09 GMT, oldlib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>On 27 Nov 2003 00:38:17 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(under_the_bridge) wrote:
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>>If it is okay to murder a murderer, then it is okay to murder.
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>It's not okay to murder amurderer.  Who told you it was?
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>>Hence we still have war and murder in the world, and would do better
>>to listen to Jesus who told us to "love our enemies."*
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>Cite where Jesus told us to love our enemies.  
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>>(because neither murder,  nor murder murder - our new term for the
>>death "penalty" is okay)
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>Murrder is never okay.

Your logic - it is ok to kill Tom, because he did something really
really bad (say he murdered his wife)

The murderer uses your logic - it is ok for me to kill Bob because he
did something really, really bad.

Better would be - it is not ok to kill folks, period.

The death penalty confirms that it is morally acceptable to kill folks
- if they are really really bad.

That's the problem.