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Originally posted by Doc
Nope. An executioner is not a murderer, so no one's turning into a murderer. An executioner acts as an official of the state, eliminating a threat to society, like bin Laden. Certain people have licenses to kill, i.e. an executioner during execution, and a solider during battle. Neither the solider or the executioner is committing murder.
According to the definition of murder, you're not turning into a murderer by sending someone to death row. Threats to society HAVE to be eliminated, that's just the way it is. The world isn't all sunshine and rainbows.
And BTW, I can't tell you how many 9/11 victim's family's were overjoyed and overwhelmed when they heard the news that bin Laden was eliminated.
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It's still killing someone, whether it's with a license or not. I don't care about the official definition of murder, to me, killing is killing. It's still not right. And just because they were happy about it doesn't bring the people that were killed on 9/11 back. It doesn't change anything.
No matter what the reason behind the killing is, a murderer's motive or the executioner's purpose to end the threat to society, it's not really going to change anything.
It's basically pointless to kill someone. Brainwashing yourself and others into believing it's "right" because you have a damn license doesn't mean it is. It's killing, and it's no different no matter who the killer is or who they're killing. So many people don't seem to understand that killing someone like this, as an execution, doesn't change anything or make the world a better place, really, and I know it's no help to argue like this because it's not like either of us are really going to change the other's opinions, but I think killing no matter what is wrong.
Even if you have a license, you really are just becoming a murderer, but pretty much obscuring the thought and being comforted by the fact that you have a damn license. It's not right, nor will it ever be, no matter the case.