Should governments kill their citizens? Or any other innocent people? We ask thi

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Should governments kill their citizens? Or any other innocent people? We ask this question simply because governments are supposed, and they often comment they are entrusted with a duty to "protect and serve" their constituents. How can killing of any defenseless persons, by whatever means, possibly be construed as "protecting" and "serving"? Do governments use their presumed powers of life and death responsibly? And have governments allowed their duty to "protect and serve" their citizens to be neglected (or altogether denied) in place merely maintaining and expanding a government's power?

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Ans. NOT at all. The government can't kill their own citizens or the innocent people because the mandate of the elected government is to protect and serve their people in the best possible way. Killing an innocent and defenceless person can't be constructed as protecting and serving because the people responsible for their safety has broken standards in doing so. Most of the governments trys to use their presumed power of life and death responsibly but occasions occurs where governments have failed to do so.

I don't think so that the governments have allowed their duty to "protect and serve" their citizens to be neglected (or altogether denied) in place merely maintaining and expanding a government's power. Every governments tried its best to serve its people in the best way but there are many hurdles, pressure groups and nexus between criminals and government ministers and officials which sometimes caused ambarresed situations for the governments.

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