blueveinedthrobber wrote:mysteryman wrote:ehBeth wrote:Actually, law and ethics are composed almost entirely of shades of grey. Very little pure white or black in those worlds.
Tell me,where is the gray area in "murder is wrong,theft is wrong,stelaing is wrong"?
Where is the gray area in any of those statements?
If terrorists fly a plane into the twin towers it is murder. If we drop bombs on Iraqi children it is unfortunate but unavoidable colateral damage.
There's one to start. That's kinda grey IMO.
Lets look at the definition of murder,ok...
Main Entry: 1mur·der
Pronunciation: 'm&r-d&r
Function: noun
Etymology: partly from Middle English murther, from Old English morthor; partly from Middle English murdre, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord murder, Latin mort-, mors death, mori to die, mortuus dead, Greek brotos mortal
1 : the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought
Notice the key word...UNLAWFULLY
now,since the duly elected powers in Washington exercised their constitutional duty and decided it was the right thing to do to go to war in Iraq,then it isnt UNLAWFUL.
Now,it is tragic that civilians have died,but that has happened in EVERY wart since man first walked the earth.
Since war is not illegal,then civilian deaths are not unlawful,but I will agree that they are tragic.