>>Why do we kidnap the kidnappers to show that kidnapping is wrong?
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>You're playing too loosely with words, Sam.
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>Kidnappers are apprehended, not kidnapped. They are then (usually) held in a jail until their trial completes. Then they are either jailed for a good period or set free if found not guilty.

I see some similarities, but fair enough. But I contend there's a big difference between the practice of abortion (especially late term) and the death penalty.

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>By the way, when I grew up the King James version of the Bible had a commandment that said simply "Thou shalt not kill.". Today I understand the same version now says "Thou shalt not murder.". I wonder how/why that came about?????

See Hebrew version.
But from your previous post, I didn't think you distinquish between killing and murder.

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>>>I heard a good one yesterday...
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>>>'The Republicans are deeply pro-life, but only until you are born.'.
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>>>>Seen on a bumper sticker just yesterday:
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>>>>Why do we kill people who kill people to show them that killing people is wrong
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>>>>>>>I think we're forgetting the victims of those vicious murders. Is justice done for them if their murders live?
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>>>>>>I guess it depends on your definition of 'justice'. If you believe that kililng somebody brings justice, then you may have a point. I believe however that killing that person brings nothing more than revenge, and I don't equate revenge with justice.
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>>>>>Well said. And add to it that when the state kills, it does so in the name of its citizens, making us all killers, not something I want to be.
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>>>>>Tamar

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