geoffrey_prime wrote: Right, this is a defining moment for me, at least. Personally, I cannot condone "killing", full stop.
From your other posts, I am surprised by your view on this...but as ever...we are entitled to our own opinions.
There you go again! Deliberately misunderstanding/misrepresenting what people say.
OF COURSE the circumstances of every crime are taken into consideration when assessing the punishment, it's called considering any mitigating circumstances.
You aren't half a standard version of what you are Geoffrey. "I cannot condone "killing", full stop." 'Course you can. There are lots of circumstances where you could condone killing. And a huge spectrum of blameworthiness relating to killing and what the punishment should be. The Daily Mail's headlines really are a bit simplistic, don't trot them out here they won't go unchallenged, as you see.
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