Sorry. If it helps, I shall stop quoting from law and find some other text that may ease the conscience of those offended by people who think their views abhorrent.

If you look at the legal definition of murder, or at least as applies to England and Wales, though I suspect Scotland and Northern Ireland are similar, there is and never has been any clause saying capital punishment was exempt. It just sets out that premeditated taking of a human life is murder. No mention of "unless the sentencing clauses allow" or even "taking the life of combatants in theatre of war ". It does say elsewhere that those who take (or took) a life shall not be culpable under certain circumstances.

Just quoting the law.

Would those who love a good execution prefer I find a false but comforting definition instead? After all, we can't have you thinking hard and long about your hitherto take on society and how to deal with matters.

Perhaps a long and boring debate on the difference between retribution and revenge may help. Doubt it but you never know.

I make no apology whatsoever for taking the moral high ground on this. I enjoy some of the bullshit debates on this forum but some topics demonstrate that mankind still has a long way to go. Mark Twain was right when he said that man is the only animal that can blush, or needs to.