Zen Buddhism Discussion Forum - Topic: Oh And Why Do You Sit On A Jury In A Capital Murder Case?

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One day Yao-shan Wei-yen (750-834), one of the well-known Chinese Ch'an master,
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for a long while was expecting his teaching. Yao-shan said: "Strike the bell."

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→→→→		TOPIC: OH AND WHY DO YOU SIT ON A JURY IN A CAPITAL MURDER CASE?
		Posted on Feb.20.2007 @ 10:34AM EDT by stephen We are instructed not to kill. Yet there are killers. I have a friend who was accused of murder and was released when it was deemed justifiable homicide. His defense was essentially that he happen to be around when someone needed killing. Is that possible? MU
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Reply from whatzen Feb.20.2007 11:39AM EDT →Email whatzen		Nothing is possible.
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Reply from whatzen Feb.20.2007 11:41AM EDT →Email whatzen		Nothing is not possible.
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Reply from ZenTurtle Feb.20.2007 08:11PM EDT		There is, of course, self-defense. And there is the defense of others. But to justifiably take another life requires an imminent threat. Vengence is not justice. It just perpetuated more need for this 'justice'.
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Reply from ______ Feb.21.2007 08:06AM EDT		Did you sit on the jury which rejected the charge of murder and accepted your friend's plea? Intellectual and philosophical justification for killing/murder - reminiscent of Raskalnikov (means someone cut off from the whole, a man out of communion), who believed himself to be extraordinary (there is always someone ordinary around who needs killing). Did your friend need a defense as an abdication of responsibility in order to escape an external punishment?
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Reply from ______ Feb.21.2007 11:42AM EDT		Looking for absolution, absolutely?
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Reply from ______ Feb.21.2007 12:23PM EDT		Where's that tongue? Cat must've got it. heheehaw
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Reply from ______ Feb.21.2007 12:52PM EDT		Cat familiar, ooh yasssslllppp.
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Reply from lehish Feb.21.2007 01:52PM EDT →Email lehish		Quote: "ooh yasssslllppp." ......... hehe
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