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minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·3 days agoIt’s still an assassination. The definition is broad enough to include the killing of any public figure by surprise attack.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoLooked like an assisted suicide to me.
minus-squarePenguinMage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoNah, he tripped and fell into a fast moving object. Absolute tragic happenstance. Could’ve happened to any asshole really.
minus-squareOneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoYeah, I hear people refer to John Lennon’s killing as an assassination. He wasn’t a politician, just a public figure.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoHe was more popular than Jesus, so that checks out. I highly doubt Kirk even had a security crew of note. Doesn’t have one now, though! 😂 😂 😂
minus-squareal_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·3 days agoI guess every murder is an assassination to you then? Or only if they are “celebrities”
minus-squarexyzzy@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoYes, you have arrived at the literal definition: killing a prominent person by ambush.
minus-squareal_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 days agoAnd you have discovered sarcasm. Assassined!
It’s still an assassination. The definition is broad enough to include the killing of any public figure by surprise attack.
Looked like an assisted suicide to me.
Nah, he tripped and fell into a fast moving object. Absolute tragic happenstance. Could’ve happened to any asshole really.
Yeah, I hear people refer to John Lennon’s killing as an assassination. He wasn’t a politician, just a public figure.
He was more popular than Jesus, so that checks out. I highly doubt Kirk even had a security crew of note. Doesn’t have one now, though! 😂 😂 😂
I guess every murder is an assassination to you then? Or only if they are “celebrities”
Yes, you have arrived at the literal definition: killing a prominent person by ambush.
And you have discovered sarcasm. Assassined!