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Naut....
Sorry I haven't checked out this series.......I will now catch up!
You are so on target! (no pun intended) Assassination makes the act sound so much more civilized when compared to murder or homicide......
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on January 7, 2010 at 5:48 AM
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I always thought that assassination was murder, but used when the murder involved a public/well known person. This is going to be interesting. Since your next post on this is already up, that's where I go now.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 4, 2010 at 8:40 PM
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It is an interesting point on the word. assassination! I have always thought the killer of President Kennedy got a special, undeserved attention. For me it is either murder or attempted murder! Shelly
posted by
sam444
on January 4, 2010 at 11:45 AM
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OK, in that case, do you think it would be better to use the word 'liquidation'?
posted by
elinjo
on January 4, 2010 at 6:41 AM
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Very interesting Naut... as you probably know in spanish the word for murder is
asesinato , in Italian
assasinio, and in portuguesse
assasinato all three very close to the English version. All three languages have no other word for assasination , a killing is a killing, so when it IS an assasination they refer to it as a political murder. But Arabic does have a word for murder: القتل ,different from assasination, but funny enough
the word
assasination its the one they use when reffering to an a political killing , they just pronounce it a little different... I can't wait to see where you are going with this :-) xoxoxo
posted by
Sinome
on January 3, 2010 at 2:19 PM
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I never thought about analyzing the use of the word "assassination." For now I'm witholding judgment and will wait to see the rest of what you say before coming up with a decision.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 3, 2010 at 12:46 PM
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