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Originally posted by Attalus:
Talthyr, that is a fallacy. We have NOT decide "as a society that killing is wrong." Some elements of society have made that startling leap. We have decided that murder is wrong, and has been for thousands of years. Killing is sometimes the duty of the state, such as when war is being waged. The state can kill a terrorist, or an enemy soldier, or a convicted murderer. Just because there is no proven deterrance is no argument at all, really, because, since time immemorial, humankind has killied people who murder other humans.
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Well I would like to point out that I did that on purpose, would it have made you feel better if I had put that society has deemed it wrong to murder people?
And about humans killing murder since time immemorial, so what if they have... just because we have diesn't mean we should continue to do so, murdering someone who has murdered is still murder, and murdering them is simple revenge, we may now have trials and judges, but why do they have the right to have a person murdered? Why is murdering them so much better than sticking them in a prison for life??
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