ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSouth Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weekswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down12
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minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoAll killing is murder, states are just gangs big enough to have a PR team and the ability to indoctrinate the youth into following their rules. Good on South Carolina for making that more plain.
minus-squareManmoth@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThe state having a Monopoly on violence is sort of the point of a social contract. That being said I’m not a proponent of the death penalty. Life is sacred.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago All killing is murder homicide* Murder is just homicide that’s illegal; and legality should never be conflated with morality. In any context, not just killing. Being sanctioned by the state doesn’t make it moral; and being illegal doesn’t make it immoral (and yes, homicide can be moral).
All killing is murder, states are just gangs big enough to have a PR team and the ability to indoctrinate the youth into following their rules.
Good on South Carolina for making that more plain.
The state having a Monopoly on violence is sort of the point of a social contract. That being said I’m not a proponent of the death penalty. Life is sacred.
homicide*
Murder is just homicide that’s illegal; and legality should never be conflated with morality. In any context, not just killing.
Being sanctioned by the state doesn’t make it moral; and being illegal doesn’t make it immoral (and yes, homicide can be moral).