Legalized Murdrer
By steelers12
@steelers12 (153)
United States
July 5, 2012 12:51pm CST
I would first like to apologize if this discussion offends anyone here but it is a thought and might not be one that others would normally think of.
If someone were to fashion some sort of weapon and kill another person they are considered to be a murder, which I do feel is appropriate. The lose of life they have caused which is appalling and does need to be handled with by the justice system. As a whole this persons actions should not be condoned and dealt with appropriately.
Now if our military provides guns and weapons for them to go to war and seek out the enemy, which normally ends in a lose of life, this is not considered murder but just a normal result of war. I have served my country and would again and do realize if called upon to shot the enemy I would have to in order to save my own life or the life of my fellow comrades.
My question is why is this not considered to be murder? The natural recourse of war is that there will be lose of life and is hard to accept, yet we still continue to wage wars. Would this not be considered a form of legalized murder in order to protect ones ideals and their country? The end to wars will not be reached till civilizations as a whole find a way to peacefully end their conflicts with diplomacy a talking with an open mind.
I for one do not want to offend others with this topic as I have stated but I do feel that if thought about and talked about openly this should not offend people.
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6 responses
@psychoartist (756)
• United States
8 Jul 12
hi steelers12....i probably will offend someone and i know that this opinion will sound insane, but i do think that sometimes it would be best if people take the law into their own hands...i mean there are some really evil people in the world who only harm others and themselves and bring no amount of good to the world, only evil and hurt...on the other hand, i do believe that only God has the right to take life, and so reluctantly have to give up my revenge theory....
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@steelers12 (153)
• United States
8 Jul 12
I too do agree that sometimes it seems like the best thing to take the law into our own hands and seek revenge for what has been done to us. For sometime I have always held the ideal that it is best to turn the other cheek and live for a more peaceful way of life. Yes when I hear of someone harming small children or women it boils my blood and the first thoughts to come to mind is to kill or maim the person. As hard as it may seem we have to try to live by the Bible and do what is best in life, pray for that person and do unto others, even though it does say "an eye for an eye" it also says not to kill.
That is one reason I wrote this discussion to find others opinions on the matter and to have an open discussion on this rather unspoken topic.
@StrawberryShortcake1 (103)
• Canada
5 Jul 12
You know I agree with you. Murder is murder. War or not... Shoting another human being is murder regardless...
@steelers12 (153)
• United States
6 Jul 12
Yes murder is murder, as a rose is a rose, by any other name it is still the same thing. Some feel differently and take the approach that due to war one has to kill in order not to be killed themselves, yet if there were peaceful settlements to disputes then wars would not be needed.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
6 Jul 12
War is an act of the state (the government of a nation) and is not an individual act or choice, so it's not murder as such. It's an action in response to a need to act on the behalf of all the people of a nation and not a private act nor one done of one's own will.
At least that's how I see it.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
6 Jul 12
I tend to believe that the reason that deaths that are caused as a result of war are not considered to be murder is because of the fact that those people that are fighting for the other side are thought to be standing for something that is against the liberties that we are used to having.
With that said, I honestly think that there is far too much war in the world today.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
6 Jul 12
"Murder" is another kind of killing, I guess. Killing someone because you are ordered by your country to do so is different from killing someone because of malicious intent. Maybe you can call "killing as a result of war" as simply "doing your job for the country". I hope it makes things easier for you that way, but you do have a point -- both cases mean loss of life.
@damnation2012 (60)
• United States
5 Jul 12
well it should be considered and by many people it is considered murder but not many people seem to care because we have the mentality of it either them or us so instead of shun soldiers we embrace the fact that we did not have to go to war because they stood up and took care of those who wanted to hurt us as an end result we just say it was inevitable casualty of war because we as a race could simply not come to a comprise
