Atheists only vote please: Do absolute MORAL truths exist? Is Rape ALWAYS "wrong"?

[JuliaL]

Hey Losty I think I'm confusing myself, I'm talking specifically about "homicide", which means "killing a human being" it its simplest form. There isn't a translated word for "murder" in Portuguese so basically "murder" for me means "homicide", sorry. Language barriers suck

Don't worry about failed translation in threads, the problem is impossible to solve.
Not only do we in the US distinguish between murder and homicide, but there are distinctions based on the intentions of the perpetrator.
Homicide is just killing a human, not necessarily illegal.
Generally US murder is extra legal killing of a human by a human.
First degree murder- planned ahead of time with malace
Second degree- it wasn't planned
Third degree (voluntary manslaughter)- it was more of a spur of the moment thing, but still meant to do it
Involuntary manslaughter- more of an accident, but you were negligently responsible enough that society wants its pound of flesh.

Drat-it looks like if I had lived in Australia I would have had a defense denied me in the US...post-partum depression.