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  > That's not an argument.
No, it's a conversation. And I hope you're not fond of "thou shall not murder" either.



That's not an argument or a conversation.


All right, then I'll rephrase as you seem inclined towards the former and not the latter.

On what axiom do you base the premise that citizens should not murder fellow citizens in your society?


What exactly do you think it would prove if I said the ten commandments is the basis? My point is that murder should be illegal regardless of the religion of the perpetrator or the victim, not that no laws are to be influenced by or borrowed from religion!




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