Reply #24: We have constitutional processes by which our laws are made

[slackmaster]

At the state and federal level.

But what about countries that allow stoning to death for adultery? That could be considered "lawful punishment" in those countries.

That's correct. Even the United Nations Charter recognizes states' rights to determine their own criminal laws.

Capital punishment is barbaric, no matter how it's applied.

I've never said otherwise. It's barbaric treatment for the most barbaric of offenders.

Murder? I don't know if it would technically be considered murder.

My point is purely a technical one. Technically, the death penalty is not murder because it is legal.

But then again, when dissidents are executed in North Korea, in accordance with their laws, would that be considered murder or a lawful execution?

Lawful execution.

Do you have any difficult questions you'd like to run by me? Those were all trivial.

For the record, my reply to the poll was "No, No Exceptions".