On 25 Oct 2007 16:52:44 GMT, Jim Yanik wrote:

(Doug Miller) wrote in
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In article , Mark Lloyd
wrote:
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:10:30 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE
* Execution of prisoner under a lawful warrant

There's a lot of people who say they support that. I wonder how many
would change their opinion if the had to admit it was KILLING.

Probably none, or nearly none -- most people over the age of about ten
are well aware that execution of a prisoner means killing him, and in
my experience, nearly all adults who support capital punishment do so
precisely because they understand that *very* clearly.

BTW, I suppose you know that "execute" is really the wrong word here.
It applies to the sentence not the prisoner.

"execute ... 6. To subject to capital punishment"
"execution ... 4. A putting or being put to death as a legal penalty."
"executioner. 1. One who adminsters capital punishemnt. 2. One who
puts another to death."

[American Heritage Dictionary]

Also, "lawful" is another one of those words lacking in real meaning.

Nonsense. The word has a clearly defined and easily understood
meaning: within, or allowed by, law.

Laws can (and do) change in ways that don't correspond to changes in
reality.

Whether the law does, or does not, correspond to reality (or your
perception of reality) is of course completely irrelevant to the
question of whether any particular act is, or is not, within the law.


well,for liberals,

Note that "liberal" and "conservative" are BOTH desirable qualities in
limited amounts. Unconditionally favoring one over the other makes no
sense. The use of such labels are necessarily incorrect (there are no
absolutes) and effectively limit people's thoughts and actions.

the law means different things at different
times,according to popular opinion at the time.

Proving it's lack of correspondence with reality.

"people" in one Amendment does not necessarily mean the same in another
Amendment,

And none of those are necessarily the same as actual people.

The law is in no way, in control of reality.

according to liberals/"progressives".
To them,the Constitution is a "living,breathing document" whose meaning
changes with the times.

Note that can be used as an excuse for anything. In effect, you are
saying it means nothing at all.

That's why they want judges to decide on everything.
(liberal judges,of course)

Of course,judges are not responsible to anyone,generally,in power for life.