> really the only way that you could say that it isn't ritualized murder is if you want to nitpick about "when the government does it, that means it is not murder".
Well, the real definition distinction is that when it is legal it isn't murder, and I think that that distinction is more than just semantic, as I think it ties into some substantive differences in the social forces at work.
That's not to say that there aren't also areas of substantive similarity between that form of ritualized killing and others including ritualized murder.
Well, the real definition distinction is that when it is legal it isn't murder, and I think that that distinction is more than just semantic, as I think it ties into some substantive differences in the social forces at work.
That's not to say that there aren't also areas of substantive similarity between that form of ritualized killing and others including ritualized murder.