assassinations

[Rallyman2]

how important do you have to be to be assassinated instead of murdered.
king/pope/president - but who else gets assassinated

[Gromit]

Not very important if you are Palestinian and living in Gaza.

"Palestinian officials say that about 60 individuals have been assassinated since the start of the current Palestinian uprising, or intifada."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1 258187.stm

[WaldoMcFroog]

Assassination is merely 'murder for impersonal reasons' (usually political, or military but may also encompass religious, business etc), and therefore an assassination victim could theoretically be from anywhere in society.

[Loosehead]

As Waldo says, it's not about importance it's about motivation. An assasin is killing because of what the person is and does not because of who they are.

[Loosehead]

I mean who they are personally of course!

[JockSporran]

Basically if the murder is done to stop a person having influence over other people, that is assassination.

[ludwig]

This from (black) American comedian Chris Rock..

"John F Kennedy was assassinated, Martin Luther King was assassinated, Malcolm X was assassinated. Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls - those n****s got shot".

[dot.hawkes]

Joseph Smith was assassinated, he was one of the founding members of the LDS Church , (Mormons)

[123everton]

John Lennon was'nt assassinated he got shot. Were do you draw the line?

[fletcher.5]

Assissinated is the upper class term for being murdered. Even in death the language is different.

[fletcher.5]

Assassinated is the upper class term for being murdered. Even in death the language is different.