Not really. The only difference is context, ultimately one person is still being killed by another.PrinceOfShapeir said:Yeah, execution and murder are two different things. Fail.
Yeah, because one is killing someone, and the other is..... killing someone. Fail.PrinceOfShapeir said:Yeah, execution and murder are two different things. Fail.
Nooot really though. The key thing that is different is the motives behind the two. In the case of a murderer getting thedeath sentence, the criminal usually has it planned ahead and kills someone who is was essentially innocent. The intentional taking of someones life is generally viewed as one of the highest crimes you can commit. Following the idea that the punishment should match the crime, well you can follow it from there.Soggy Toast said:Yeah, because one is killing someone, and the other is..... killing someone. Fail.PrinceOfShapeir said:Yeah, execution and murder are two different things. Fail.
Please don't blame your dumb question on rap music .Soggy Toast said:I guess nobody listens to rap music.
This . I mean really , obviously . Take two seconds to think about it and you will get the same answer .Batou667 said:This thread again, yay!
Look: kidnapping somebody and unlawfully detaining them is illegal. And yet we imprison criminals. Stealing money is illegal, and yet your local government has the power to fine you for various misdemeanours.
So this faux-contradiction of "hurfa durfa, killing is illegal so why is the government allowed to do it" actually isn;t a contradiction at all. Context is everything.
There is killing in the context of murder: illegal.
There's killing in the context of self-defense: often permissable.
There's killing in the context of defending your country in times of war: legal and in fact highly respected.
There's killing as an act of mercy: euthanasia.
And there's killing as an act of law and justice: legal in some countries.
Simply put, it's not a contradiction. Whether the death penalty is morally justifiable or desirable is a different matter altogether, but don't mistake this for any kind of hypocrisy or logical contradiction.
[link]>http://rapgenius.com/Wu-tang-clan-da-mystery-of-chessboxin-lyrics#note-45244[/link] How is it a dumb question?krazykidd said:Please don't blame your dumb question on rap music .Soggy Toast said:I guess nobody listens to rap music.
So because it's in rap lyrics it must be the ultimate truth and cannot at all be stupid? because it certainly sounds like a stupid question, as Batou667 beautifully pointed out.Soggy Toast said:[link]>http://rapgenius.com/Wu-tang-clan-da-mystery-of-chessboxin-lyrics#note-45244[/link] How is it a dumb question?krazykidd said:Please don't blame your dumb question on rap music .Soggy Toast said:I guess nobody listens to rap music.
No, nothing you said so far hints at this. Calling people names doesn't change that fact. You posted a question without elaborating at all and then stood by it's flawed premise only to later reveal it came from the lyrics from Wu Tang Clan. If you wanted people to not take it seriously, you should have stated it somehow before all that.Soggy Toast said:It wasn't meant to be serious, but I guess you're just too dumb to realize that.DoPo said:So because it's in rap lyrics it must be the ultimate truth and cannot at all be stupid? because it certainly sounds like a stupid question, as Batou667 beautifully pointed out.
The fact that you actually had to type it out and expect people to take it as something other than stupid, strikes me as odd.
DoPo said:Yeah, because I didn't need to hint anything. You're just overanalyzing things, dude. You shouldn't do that, it's unhealthy.Soggy Toast said:No, nothing you said so far hints at this. Calling people names doesn't change that fact. You posted a question without elaborating at all and then stood by it's flawed premise only to later reveal it came from the lyrics from Wu Tang Clan. If you wanted people to not take it seriously, you should have stated it somehow before all that.