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I'm in accord with you Naut.. nuances aside, killing someone for satire would be not only murder but barbarism.

posted by mneme on January 11, 2010 at 2:01 AM | link to this | reply

Based on the apparent motivation....

this is more than a case of simple murder.......it is a religiously influenced act of terrorism.

posted by Corbin_Dallas on January 7, 2010 at 5:52 AM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

' The authorities should consider it attempted murder by a criminal group. They commit criminal acts. BC-A, Bill’s RLJst

posted by BC-A on January 5, 2010 at 9:22 AM | link to this | reply

Quite interesting, Nautikos

I agree, attempted murder sounds more fitting than assassination.

posted by LizaM on January 5, 2010 at 8:26 AM | link to this | reply

This is interesting

A killer or assassin? Perhaps Terminator? After all Kennedy was terminated during his time in office. Great post, Naut.

posted by Hackthorne19 on January 4, 2010 at 10:02 PM | link to this | reply

I have a feeling that perpetrators of the crime of killing someone often think of themselves as assassins and that makes them feel heroic and worthy of acclaim.  When they receive that acclaim of being "assassin" in the media, it might encourage others to seek that out for themselves even at the cost of their own lives.  It would seem much more prestigious to an already messed up mind than just being a murderer.

posted by TAPS. on January 4, 2010 at 8:56 PM | link to this | reply

:-)  wow  This is getting so interesting ... I feel like saying what Darson said loll  Hmmmmmmmmmm  but I will just ad that Homicidio and Asesinato are,  like another one of your readers pointed out,  synonyms and interchangeable in any situation in all three of the languages I grew up with and can speak of.  Neither of those words is used specifically for assassination as far as I know and the addition of the word politico ( political) to them gives them the significance of "assassination" in English if there is a need.  But... fine nuances of semantics aside... I can't wait for the rest of this series :-)  You did say : part one... and where there is a part one there is at least a part two :-)  Be well  loll  xoxoxo

posted by Sinome on January 4, 2010 at 6:53 PM | link to this | reply

Through this blog and comments I'm learning a lot about word usage.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on January 4, 2010 at 3:40 PM | link to this | reply

I'm a stickler when it comes to word use in the media, but in this case, I'm not so sure that "assassination" merits such parsing.  I grew up hearing about the "hits" and "assassinations" of local Mafia figures who were neither political figures nor powerful beyond their own stupid tribal conflicts. "Assassinate," take-out or eliminate all mean the same to me; that is, getting rid of a rival or a figure with whom one does not agree (in the most extreme sense).  Ironically, the word "assassin" derives from an Arabic word; this is from Wikipedia - The term 'Assassin' is considered to derive from the Arabic word Hashshashin (Arabic: حشاشون \ جماعة الحشاشين‎^[2]), the Arabic designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismā'īlī Shia Muslims during the Middle Ages. They were active in the coastal mountains of the Levant, then moved to Alamut by the Caspian Sea from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries. This group killed members of the crusaders, Abbasid and Seljuq élite for political and religious reasons, but mostly targeted the Sunni Muslims.

posted by gapcohen on January 4, 2010 at 3:25 PM | link to this | reply

Dear Nautikos,  you should consider learning Esperanto; you would love the detailed and lengthy analyses that we torture each other with - only joking of course.

posted by elinjo on January 4, 2010 at 2:26 PM | link to this | reply

....Hmmmmmmm!!!!!

posted by Darson on January 4, 2010 at 12:58 PM | link to this | reply