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fearforforever

rant plus death cab

Oct 16, 2003 18:28

rant-is killing someone a crime?

Death cab was fabulous this past evening, no doubt. first time i saw them and i met this wonderful girl there that is friends with a friend i've had named whitney. of course, bob nanna and ben barnett were wandering around, damned rock stars. anyhow, just thought i'd post. leave some for the rant. talk to you all

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bluestarsmiling October 16 2003, 16:23:16 UTC

unless it is in self-defense (ie: you think you are going to die) i would have to go with a yes on this one

fearforforever October 16 2003, 20:18:04 UTC

close, definitely. no unless though..i'm thinking in every circumstance of killing. it's actualy quite intriguing when you figure everything. nice meg.

letterexchange October 16 2003, 16:50:45 UTC

So considering that killing is already a crime under our laws, are you asking if killing a person is immoral?

fearforforever October 16 2003, 20:15:47 UTC

think more outside the box, chris. killing is already immoral, we both know that. give other situations of killing.

letterexchange October 17 2003, 20:18:56 UTC

I just don't know how much more "out of the box" I can really go about this. Killing someone that directly threatens your own life is not criminal nor immoral. Abortion, "mercy killings", euthenasia, murder (you know, the standard kind), revenge killings (i.e., you rape or kill my daughter, so i kill you) are all illegal and immoral. I also think the death penalty is wrong. It's not that I have a moral or legal problem with it. My problem is that its not enough. I think if someone does something worthy of capital punishment, they shouldn't get the easy way out, and be put to work in some camp in Siberia and made to suffer a hard life of labor. And on the off chance they happen to be innocent we won't have to worry about putting an innocent person to death. The only killing that walks the line and falls under a "depends on the particular situation" umbrella would be killing others in war. I think in the defense of one's nation, that is a just nation, or the liberation of others, is ok. (I really don't want to start a discussion on the ( ... )

fearforforever October 17 2003, 21:26:29 UTC

your rocking exactly my point, thanks chris and i love the reply, absolutely brilliant.