Re: The debate

From: djgordon (danigordon_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 18:09:48 -0500

It is a true statement and a valid statement if you read all the posts it
pertains to. If someone is going to get killed, whether by a jury sentencing
them to death or a soldier killing them, then there is no difference in the
long run. Please show me the difference, except monetarily.

Dani

"Anne Carle" <acarle@munge.com> wrote in message
news:57j3m0tm2un8ldhv5qv1bbe2va647v4g4i@4ax.com...
> Your statement/premise, "There is no difference if the outcome is to
> be the same" is simply not a true statement.
>
> Anne/OH
>
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:57:49 -0500, "djgordon"
> <danigordon@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> >The definition is long, so I'm making my point first. There is no
difference
> >if the outcome is to be the same.
> >
> >
> >Difference:
> >
> >The quality or condition of being unlike or dissimilar.
> >
> >An instance of disparity or unlikeness.
> >A degree or amount by which things differ.
> >A specific point or element that distinguishes one thing from another.
> >A noticeable change or effect: Exercise has made a difference in her
health.
> >
> >A disagreement or controversy.
> >A cause of a disagreement or controversy.
> >Discrimination in taste or choice; distinction.
> >Mathematics.
> >The amount by which one quantity is greater or less than another.
> >The amount that remains after one quantity is subtracted from another.
> >Archaic. A distinct mark or peculiarity.
> >
> >tr.v. dif·fer·enced, dif·fer·enc·ing, dif·fer·enc·es
> >To distinguish or differentiate.
> >Synonyms: difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness, divergence, variation,
> >distinction, discrepancy
> >These nouns refer to a lack of correspondence or agreement. Difference is
> >the most general: differences in color and size; a difference of opinion.
> >Dissimilarity is difference between things otherwise alike or comparable:
a
> >dissimilarity between the twins' personalities. Unlikeness usually
implies
> >greater and more obvious difference: unlikeness among their teaching
styles.
> >Divergence suggests an increasing difference: points of divergence
between
> >British and American English. Variation occurs between things of the same
> >class or species; often it refers to modification of something original,
> >prescribed, or typical: variations in temperature; a variation in shape.
> >Distinction often means a difference in detail determinable only by close
> >inspection: the distinction between "good" and "excellent." A discrepancy
is
> >a difference between things that should correspond or match: a
discrepancy
> >between his words and his actions.
> >
> >
> >"Jeannie H Wilson" <jeanniehwilson@aol.comnonospam> wrote in message
> >news:20041004120312.07554.00001482@mb-m18.aol.com...
> >> >eye, but you get me up on a jury that's going for the death penalty of
> >> >someone who maybe raped and killed a child, I'm voting death penalty,
yet
> >I
> >>
> >> and there lies the difference. The person was brought to trial and
held
> >> accountable by a jury of his peers. He wasn't just shot out on the
> >street.
> >
>

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