Serial Swatter Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes

Re:Serial Swatter Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes by jMyles on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @06:00PM (#16056692)

> other forms of intentional homicide, barring exceptional circumstances

Presumably then capital punishment, itself an example of intentional homicide, is among these "exceptional" circumstances?

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Re:Serial Swatter Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes by ggg9990 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @10:11PM (#16057987)

No, I don't think that a jail sentence is morally equivalent to abduction, and I don't think that a DUI is morally equivalent to thievery.

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Re:Serial Swatter Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes by jMyles on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @10:44PM (#16058166)

I... didn't ask those things?

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Re:Serial Swatter Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes by ggg9990 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:04AM (#16059131)

To rephrase... I don't think that the comparison between capital punishment and murder is worth the calories it takes to type, just like a comparison between a speeding ticket and armed robbery.

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Re:Serial Swatter Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes by acct1771 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:58AM (#16059528)

If the person dying is innocent, the end result is the same. Thoughts?

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Re:Serial Swatter Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes by jMyles on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @01:29PM (#16063593)

Also not what I asked.

I'm just pointing clarifying that, in your moral system, capital punishment must be one of the exceptions - it's obviously a form of intentional homicide, so you make an exception, right?

Just be careful with handing out such exceptions!

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