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Re:When the Hospital Fires the Bullet by msellout on Sunday February 21, 2016 @06:15PM (#11147172)
Perhaps it was the word choice: "can" implies that the killing would not be punished. Obviously any person can kill another, so to say "can kill" suggests a "license to kill". If I were a policeman warning someone about a criminal, I would say "might kill" or some other phrase that discusses likelihood rather than capability.
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Re:When the Hospital Fires the Bullet by _yosefk on Monday February 22, 2016 @01:53AM (#11149034)
Well, yeah, but if a guy from the CIA murders a doctor in the US, will he be punished? I kinda think he will be. Is he likely to threaten a doctor with murder in the first place, as a way to ensure his relative is properly treated? I kinda think he's not. Why do you think a guy from the mossad is any different or will be treated any differently? Would you ever put "CIA" in the same sentence where you put "mossad" in your comment if the story happened in the US?
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Re:When the Hospital Fires the Bullet by msellout on Monday February 22, 2016 @08:12AM (#11150540)
Because I can't imagine a policeman ever saying "he can kill you" except in a fictional setting where James Bond is licensed to kill and that policeman somehow knows about Bond.
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