Is murder a crime

I hope it will interesting. I would firstly like to contend his definition; "murder as to me is a murder in which a killing is involved. " I believe this definition is unacceptable because he uses the word "murder" in order to define murder. I would ask that we replace the word "murder" in his definition with "an act" leaving us with: Murder; An act in which killing is involved Now for my own definitions; Crime; the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority (via mechanisms such as legal systems) can ultimately prescribe a conviction. [. http://en.wikipedia.org...] If possible may we keep the discussion related to law in the US, however, I am willing to look at other nation's legal systems if pro desires. Killing; the act of causing the death of a living organism. For murder to be a crime, every instance of murder must be a crime. The following play illustrates this; Criminal appetites - by Thaddeus River [A man is stuck in a cellar with a zombie. The zombie rushes at the man] Man: Arghhh! [Enthusiastically] Zombie: Braaaaaaaains [The zombie grabs the man and is about to start chewing on his head] [enter Law-man] [All turn to look at law-man] Man:Wuh? Zombie: [Disgruntled] Good heavens! How did you get in my cellar? This cellar is 10 meters below the ground! Also you are trespassing. LM: Ha! [Laughes] The state cares not for your petty distinctions of property and concrete! Now unhand that man! Zombie: Why should I? This fiend entered my house, killed my compatriots in violent and humiliating ways with comically absurd and impractical weapons, and then tried to kill me. Besides I only wanted to eat his brains. I'm not unreasonable. No-ones going to eat his eyes. And eating isn't a crime. LM: True! Eating is not a crime! But killing that man is! Zombie: Are we going to ignore the fact that he started it, on my property? LM: Of course! You're a zombie! Zombies don't have rights! Especially not one's protected by the state! Peace be upon it! Zombie: [Wearily resigning himself to an annoying lecture from a man in pink spandex] Must you put an exclamation at the end of every sentence? LM: Shut the hell up! [Pauses, and turns to face the audience] LM: You see, this zombie correctly stated that eating is not a crime! He is right! Zombie: That's a very redundant choice of words. You said I stated something correctly and then that I was righ. .. LM:[Interrupting] You see, though eating is not a crime in and of itself, some forms of eating can be! Such as attempting eat someone's brains! This is because it is the damage to the brain element of the eating which is the crime! Zombie: Who the bloody hell wears pink spandex? LM: My mother says I'm sexy! Therefore it would be wrong to classify eating as a crime, but rather purposefully causing harm to someones brain is! Zombie: But he was on my property. .. Trying to kill me! Man:[Sheepishly] Its true. .. LM: Screw the property! I have rules! Dead people can't have property! All this is res derilicta! And Therefore Mine! Man: Don't you feel all these political gags are a little forced? LM: Screw you! And remember governments are the ones who have the right to tell you what to do! [exit Lawman through the ceiling, chased by a bear] Zombie: Well that was a bizarre and long winded way of explaining why if acts can sometimes be crimes, it is because of a certain component of that act, and therefore is innacurate to describe the act itself as a crime. And we didn't even touch on why if the government does these things it is still fine. [Sighing] I've lost my appetite. Fancy a game of chess? Man: Sure! The end Anyhoo, as demonstrated if there scenarios in which the act commited is not crime, then it is not the act itself which is the crime. Hence, as I can come up with circumstances in which murder is not a crime, as per definitions given, I will have proven the resolution false. a) The death penalty in certain states. b) Wars. c) Da fuzz killing non-white people. (a,b and c can all be sumarized as murder is cool if the state does it) d) Killing of chickens for KFC. This meets the given definition of killing, and therefore meets the given definition of murder. This is an example of very righteous murder. e) Justin Bieber. Seriously, who is going to press charges if you whack him? Murlocks? Lol Resolution negated. Like a boss.