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LETTER: Obeying prohibitions against killing

NewsJim White  |  February 15, 2012

One of the Ten Commandments says, “Do not kill.” I believe this has been revised in some later editions to, “Do not murder.”

During the 14th and 15th centuries, those who disagreed with the Christian church were burned at the stake. Twice Martin Luther would have been burned, had he not had political connections. Once he escaped to France and another time a politican saved him.

Today we go by our rules of etiquette books, unless some nation tries to interfere with our oil supply. Then it’s back to killing.

Does might make right?

Straughan Richardson, Richmond, Va.

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