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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-11 11:52 PM
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if a state is a person and it kills another person, isn't that murder?
i guess states must be privileged people


:shrug: :shrug:
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-11 11:55 PM
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1. You're thinking of corporations, and yes they are privileged people.
Bhopal comes to mind.
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Abin Sur Donating Member (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-11 12:00 AM
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2. No.
While all murders are by definition the killing of a person, all killings of a person are not by definition murders.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-11 12:15 AM
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3. state sanctioned killings are MURDER. n/t
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Abin Sur Donating Member (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-11 12:19 AM
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4. The deaths of Japanese soldiers
in World War II by United States servicemen were killings that were sanctioned by the State.

Were they murdered?
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Azathoth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-11 12:20 AM
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5. If a person breaks into your house and attacks you, is it murder to shoot him?
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