should only be used when necessary for the self-defense of a society, you reply without qualification that:
"the death penalty is murder, Jeff"
JeffB: Sanctity of Human Life is an objective truth.
But even human life can be taken for self-defense.
http://tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=15504553
90Tiger: war and the death penalty are neither self-defense (nm)
http://tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=15504558
JeffB: Often they are not, but they potentially can be. (nm)
http://tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=15504553
pickle: No (nm)
http://tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=15504658
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In context your reply here would not seem to be sarcastic.