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		yardstick 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We should have the ability to run any code we want... Kill, not murder. If the country ends your life they are doing it under their authority, not outside their authority.

jacquesm 5 months ago | [–]

Context is everything. There are plenty of instances of countries murdering people. Authority does not define murder, ethics does.

lukan 5 months ago | [–]

So for example the Nazis did not murder people? It was under their authority after all ...

Point being, also states can do murder.

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