Cuyo
Training a Guineapig army
How can the death penalty be murder?
Well, killing someone, be it legal or not, is murder, isn't it?
Or should I have called it something else?
Maybe I used the wrong wording?
How about "putting to death" someone?
Be it a baby in the womb, or someone that commited a crime.
Is one right, and one wrong? Or both wrong?
No, killing someone is not always murder. If I'm defending my family against a violent intruder and I'm forced to kill him, that's not murder. If I decide to shoot someone on the street because I want their wallet, that's murder. Even the Bible distinguishes between this. In the Commandment "Thou Shalt Not Kill," it really translates to "Thou Shalt Not Murder." And the death penalty is punishment usually for a heinous crime.
Actually - And this assumes you're an Xtian - You're supposed to give the intruder whatever he wants and offer him anything else you have.
Jesus kinda repealed the whole eye-for-an-eye thing.