RussellKaufman,
Murder is defined as "illegal killing with malice aforethought." This is the legal definition, not what you’ll find in the dictionary. In other words, in order for an act of killing to be considered “murder,” it must be done with the perpetrator’s prior hatred and despise of the victim either well documented, or able to be documented. It also must be documented as illegal in the country where it was committed. The act does not have to be committed by the person accused directly, it can be considered murder if the accused causes death through indirect method as well. Therefore, abortion for example, is not murder, due to the fact that US law stipulates that human murder must be considered only when the human is entirely a “self-being.” This means if the human is still connected to the mother, it cannot be considered a “self-being.” Also, it would be very difficult to prove that a mother had hatred and malicious thoughts against her own flesh and blood prior to committing the act. By International law, the Germans genocide against the Jewish people was never considered or proved to be murder. There was no German law prohibiting it when it occurred. The world created the “Law of Humanity” to overdo the lack of German law when trying the Germans for crimes against humanity. No person that killed a Jewish individual during the holocaust was ever convicted of Murder under any laws other than those that were “created specifically for the trials”. Something to think about I suppose. In this case, however, I'm glad we created that law.
So, to further the above statement, and not to agree with Rick, but rather offer a poor pityful (as I was called earlier) brother in his arguement, Let’s take a look at Mr. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, murderer, warlord, and so full of evil that he was feared and eventually chased by the Taliban themselves for killing more Afghans than he did Soviets! All while the United States CIA was funding him. Yes, just like Saddam, he was at one time our own little warlord who we provided cash to, regardless of his methods. I’d say that he fits the description of murder above, wouldn’t you, Russell? A very feared hater of the Taliban, and the Al-Qaeda network, he went on TV and told the US to leave Iraq. He said to let “them handle their own business.” He also took the money we gave him, and tried to flee the country. So, we send a drone to drop a missile on his head while he is fleeing. We miss, and kill a few civilians instead. This is the very first documented and proven case of the USA’s attempts to “murder” a person who was in no way a member of either the Taliban or the Al-Qaeda. Granted, he needed to die, but get this: Article 2 of the UN Charter as well as the US Military’s Laws Of War prohibit “the assassination, proscription, or outlawry of an enemy, to include offering money for said enemy’s termination or return to justice under “dead or alive” circumstances.” This beginning in 1976 after the US CIA was implicated in the death of Chilean President Allende, and a confirmed eight attempts on Fidel Castro’s life. Ford, Carter, and Reagan all issued Executive Orders banning political assassinations. Our man GWB confirmed this order.
GWB made a public statement of his hatred for Hekmatyar, the next day he made a statement that he would bring “fugitives” from justice back to justice “dead or alive.” A week later an attempt made on Hekmatyar’s life was publicly recorded as a failure. Put the three together Russell, does that sound like “Illegal Killing with Malice Aforethought?”
I’ll get to the next two definitions after lunch.
‘droomi
