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The legal term is not the only definition of murder...

Posted on: December 15, 2016 at 11:20:30 CT
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Or one could never rightly say that Missouri murdered kansas* again in Saturday's football game, but no one would claim that the author of a newspaper headline like that misunderstood the meaning of "murder".

Is the legal definition of murder to be the exclusive definition to the exclusion of all others? Is it wrong to say that "That physics exam was murder."?

Or more to the point, it would be silly to assert that handicapped people killed in Nazi Germany because of their handicaps were not murdered, because it was not against the law for them to do so.

Nazis were certainly convicted of murder at the Nuremberg trials despite the fact that not only was it legal to deliberately kill those people, but some were even commanded by the government to do so.

In some states in the US it was legal to kill their own slaves. Would it be improper to say that some slaves were murdered in this fashion, even if it was perfectly legal for them to do so at the time?



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libertarians believe that murder is murder - pickle MU - 12/15 08:10:29
     But you and Rothbard both believe in a right to murder... - JeffB MU - 12/15 08:58:45
          JeffB owns pickle. Kinda makes me feel sad for pickle. - Emoji Man MSU - 12/15 09:57:00
               Not in this case. "Murder" is a clearly defined legal term, - GA Tiger MU - 12/15 09:59:54
                    The legal term is not the only definition of murder... - JeffB MU - 12/15 11:20:30
                         Quibbling is not productive, but no one would argue with - GA Tiger MU - 12/15 12:07:56
                              'Agreement, of course, is basically not possible.' - - JeffB MU - 12/15 13:13:49
                    We have correctly argued the semantics of war on this board - DHighlander KC - 12/15 10:20:17
                         You are the one who argues war is peace, freedom is slavery - pickle MU - 12/15 10:25:37
                              I never argued that war was peace. I simply stated, - DHighlander KC - 12/15 11:06:33
                                   The Constitution doesn't define war, DH - pickle MU - 12/15 11:09:34
                                        No but the Constitution defines how war may be declared. - DHighlander KC - 12/15 12:12:43
                                             Lol (nm) - pickle MU - 12/15 13:13:37
                              How do you reconcile your assertion in the OP that - JeffB MU - 12/15 11:01:20
     Got a little problem with myth 3. - GA Tiger MU - 12/15 08:54:40
          Um, GAT....that's the myth (nm) - pickle MU - 12/15 09:02:38
     I don't know how folks can have an issue with this - 90Tiger MU - 12/15 08:51:58
     unless it is an unborn child.... - Spanky KU - 12/15 08:43:00
          now that you GOOPERS have control of gubmint - JayHoaxH8r MU - 12/15 08:52:05
               It has been usurped by the Courts....not the politicians. - Spanky KU - 12/15 08:56:17
                    SC has been conservative leaning - JayHoaxH8r MU - 12/15 13:08:50
     Another good article on libertarianism. - GA Tiger MU - 12/15 08:30:02
          wow that is not a good article at all - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 12/15 08:41:55
               I was going to call it interesting. Lets call it that. The - GA Tiger MU - 12/15 08:55:21
                    It's neither good nor interesting - pickle MU - 12/15 08:56:41
               Neocon scum - JayHoaxH8r MU - 12/15 08:53:16
               "I don't care for Ayn Rand, and let me make fun of her - pickle MU - 12/15 08:43:54
          that's not a piece on libertarianism. Did you read it? (nm) - pickle MU - 12/15 08:35:28
     fantastic? - 615Tiger STL - 12/15 08:13:50
          I ask you to read it with an open mind - pickle MU - 12/15 08:23:20
               odd that you aren't capable of doing the same.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 12/15 08:27:49




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