On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 9:04 AM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/2/2013 11:47 PM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > Western puritanism also rejects murder. > > Not at all. It just regulates when murder is acceptable and when it's > not. Other cultures (for example, buddhists) reject murder much more > strongly. > > > You're confusing homicide and murder. Murder IS the kind of homicide that's > unacceptable.
And when it's acceptable or not is a social norm with many cultural variations. Some American states accept homicide as a form of punishment for crimes, while others do not. Fundamentalist muslim cultures think that homicide is acceptable for female adulterers. They say it's homicide, we say it's murder. > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
