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How important does a person have to be before they are considered 'assassinated' rather than just 'murdered'?
Posted 2 months ago
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Awesome Question Kitten. ..Very challenging....
I was just talking to one of my guy friends the other day and I asked him this very question. This is how he explained this question to me. To assassinate someone means to kill a prominent person primarily for political reasons and by premeditated and treacherous means; where as the term murder means to take the life of another person willfully. The basic difference is the reason why the killer pulled the trigger. That is why when the murders of Abe Lincoln, JFK, MLK, and many other political figures are discussed the term “assassinated” is used over murdered; where as the murder of my high school sweetheart is just that, a murder, This was my understanding of the difference and I hope this helps you. Now I have a question for you because it is going though my head right now. Where does the saying “She assassinated my character with her lies” come from. I haven’t found an answer to that so if you find out that will you let me know please as I really would like to know.
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Posted Oct 30th, 2008 at 7:13PM
It's all about killing a politically prominent person. Killing anyone on purpose is just plain, simple murder, with varying legal qualifications.

I liked your question. It made me think about the meaning of words...
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