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I want to bring this debate back.
As such, I'm reiterating an earlier point of mine.
| Grand Mage Aequitas wrote: | | A vital point in democracy is that no government is above the law. |
Now, as we all know murder, that is by definition of the oxford dictionary, the unlawful premeditated killing of one person by another.
Indeed, the United States' Code also states: | 18 U.S.C. § 1111 : US Code - Section 1111: Murder wrote: | | Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. |
Now, from the two we can conclude that murder is against the law and from the latter, it is a felony, that is breach of the federal law, in the US. So, it's illegal to murder someone in the United States.
Now murder is the premeditated killing of one person by another, everyone agrees. However, what makes something unlawful.
Again, I take the Oxford English Dictionary as a source
Unlawful is:
| Quote: | | not conforming to or permitted by law or rules |
Now, we should discuss what is conforming:
| Oxford English Dictionary wrote: | | comply with rules, standards, or conventions |
Now, to define killing:
| Oxford English Dictionary wrote: | | an act of causing death |
Right, so at this point we have concluded that the act of causing death (killing) is against the rules of conformity (unlawful) and as such is murder.
Now, if everyone is confused, I do apologise, I'll make it simple:
According to conventions and standards in the modern world today, if you kill someone, it is illegal and you must get punished. It is also illegal to kill someone in the United States.
Now we finally get to my point. In the United States, in some states, if you kill someone, you will be given the death sentance.
Now, the death sentence is someone coming in on behalf of the state and killing a person.
I bring this back to my original point of a fundemental point of democracy is no government is above the law.
So why is it that in the United States, the government can order the death of some people and not be brought to punishment under it's own laws? Does this mean that America is not a democracy, is not a shining example of what a developed society is? In my opinion, yes.
In Zimbabwe, the government breaks the law by rigging elections. Compare that to America where the government breaks the law by killing their own citizens. Which sounds worse?
The death penalty must be criminalised. As long as it stays legal, it undermines everything the US does as a legitimate government. For in my eyes, if the Zimbabwean government is not legitimate for going against their laws, why should the US government be legitimate as they break their own laws too.
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