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« on: May 31, 2008, 12:06:34 PM »

Yes, there is. Refusing to act to save someone's life is morally reprehensible but not as severe as committing an act of murder itself.

Agreed.  One is a massive failure of moral responsibility; the other is, well, murder.
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