idiggory, King of Bards wrote:
No. There's a key difference. People who oppose abortion do so because they believe it is murder. Those who support abortion do so (generally) because they don't recognize the personhood of a fetus, and so it is not murder.
Yes. So you recognize that what one person views as murder may not be viewed the same by another person? Great! You're half way there.
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No one opposes the idea that a convict is a person. It's still murder.
Has it occurred to you that someone else might not see execution as murder? It's the same kind of distinction, just for a different reason. Some might not see abortion as murder because the fetus isn't a person. Others might see execution as murder because the death is the result of a sentence in accordance with our legal system and resulting from actions performed by the person in question.
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Whether or not you think it's okay is a separate question.
This is all about whether we "think it's ok". We normally call a killing "murder" based on it *not* being "ok". If you kill someone in self defense, do we call that murder? If not, then we must accept that it's not just that someone is killed, but *why* that person is killed, and even to some degree whether said person deserved it, or the circumstances required it.
Can you at least acknowledge that those who support the death penalty do *not* consider it murder? It's exactly the same as those who support abortion rights not considering abortion murder. My point is that it's bizarre to accept one person or groups definition of murder in one case, but not in the other. You're free to disagree with either or both, but you can't say that the person you disagree with is being inconsistent. By his own definitions, his positions are consistent.