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		tptacek on March 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 5k Year Old Bog Oak Table: Digging up 4k-year-old ... A bribe is a donation made with an overt expectation of quid pro quo. A murder is an unlawful killing.

tomrod on March 9, 2021 [–]

The points stand. Campaign donations can have undocumented quid pro quos. Legality is what we agree it is, so if some consider an execution unlawful then it is murder. Consider how many innocents given death penalty and exonerated earlier (for a simple case, Salem witch trials).

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