MURDER DEFINED

01/28-2013
MURDER DEFINED

So far no one has come close to a solid and consistent definition of murder, we are not lacking in ideas, we just can't put a finger on it.  It is all about circumstances and customs,  it is about the outcome but the intentions, results, however, being the same. 

Let us then take a look at a few more examples and see what we can learn further.

The siege of Stalingrad caused numerous deaths, so did the people being placed in concentration camps.  Either situation caused many to die of  starvation and disease,  not from being gassed, shot or being bombed ( which some will consider military action), are these deaths murder? There is a reason why I ask this question,  I am still working on finding the answer ti what is murder and if abortion may be defined as murder also.

I admit, actually I have already proposed that defining murder is not an easy task, In my discussion the replies always come back either confused or  at least not so helpful at all, here are some examples

Gabriel , Murder, by definition, is the unlawful, intentional killing of a human being.. Death by starvation or infection due to war isn't classified as murder -- no more than a movie director who's horror movie caused someone to die of a heart attack.

Gabriel No, starvation and diseases caused by concentration camps are considered murder, but a town suffering because of war isn’t considered as murder. The former is intentional while the later is not.

hmmmm!

 Quirino murder is intentional killing with malice

 Graham Murder is the taking of a life outside of the rules under which you operate at the time. Quirino is correct for civil law. Military law has it's own definitions.

So a murder is only murder if committed by civilians,  if the military commits a murder then is it is not murder?

But it gets even more confusing if we throw in a few more variables, say, A women is terminally ill, severely injured, she is brain dead, and on life support,  her husband is called in by the doctors and told there is no hope of a recovery, he tells the doctors to pull the proverbial plug, did he commit murder? Alternately, he just goes to her bedside and either pulls the plug himself or just takes a pillow and smothers her till she expire, has a murder then been committed? 

Secondly. we were not at war with Iraq and had no siege, yet we placed a trade embargo against Iraq, it got more and more stringent,  ( As it is being done against North Korea these days you know,) , it is said that the embargo caused many to suffer and some to even died in Iraq due to our action, is anyone responsible for these deaths? Any murder here?

Thirdly, there is something called honor killing in Islamic countries, in the West, however, we do not have honor killing, yet in some states if a spouse comes home and finds the other  in a sexual tryst, say the said spouse takes a knife and kills the two, there is no murder, yet if a spouse comes home and tells the other of having an affair and thus is killed by the jilted spouse a murder is committed, how are the two different?

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