Wars, by their definition, are comprised of thousands of little murders....i guess you can decide for yourself how to delegate the blame.
Which reminds me of one of my favorite MASH exchanges.... Col Flagg: "I've got to nip this guy in the bud. This sort of behavior is contagious, you know. One guy decides he's not gonna fight anymore, it catches on, and pretty soon you know what we've got?" BJ: "Peace?" > If you lie to start a war that kills thousands of people isn't that > murder? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 11:58 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: What's Murder? (Was: Anybody See Schiavo) > > > If you see a man drowning and you don't try to save him, you're also > allowing nature to take its course, but wouldn't his blood be on your > hands? > > In this case, you have a person who could eat through the use of > intravenous, which you have within your power to provide. Without that IV, > the person dies a slow, tortured death. > > "Letting nature take its course" is still (morally) murder. > > And yes, I'm against euthanasia, although I don't envy those people > leading a life where they're only being kept alive by machinery and have > lost the use of their faculties ... > > Judith > ----- Original Message ----- >> > Judith wrote: >> > If she's breathing on her own, without aid of respirators, but can't >> > really eat or drink without help, >> > then withholding food and drink is definitely murder, whether she would >> > have wished to die or not. >> > >> >> Are you saying that legally? Morally it's questionable since it gets >> into the whole euthanasia thing. Legally I'm don't think it's murder >> since it's not really 1st, 2nd, or 3rd degree murder. >> >> At most maybe it would be voluntary manslaughter since it would be the >> intent to kill, but without malice. However if you didn't even intend >> to kill, but just to "allow nature to take it's course" then how could >> anyone be charged with anything? >> >> I'm no lawyer, but I'd say that it's pretty grey, but I don't know >> much about criminal law. >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151052 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
