2006-09-11 23:35:28 · 13 answers · asked by Katie D 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Pretty Important. Killing of one who does more for others is assasination, killing of one with self-interest is murder. Now you can differentiate.
2006-09-11 23:43:13 · answer #1 · answered by The Great Nothing 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not the importance of the person, it's the motive for the murder. If Jackie Kennedy had slipped poison in John Kennedy's cup of coffee, because she wanted to marry the janitor, it would be murder. If someone killed the janitor to make a political or moral point, would be an assassination.
2006-09-12 03:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by hi_patia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were referred to as assassins during their killing spree in 2003, and they killed ordinary, average persons, thus anyone can be assassinated.
While in a legal sense there are different "degrees" of murder, an assassination is the pre-meditated targeting of an individual for murder, even if it is a random killing. Therefore all assassinations are a form of murder, but not all murders fall into the category of assassination.
2006-09-11 23:54:59 · answer #3 · answered by L96vette 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assassination implies a planned murder for a cause or reason, rather than just a random murder. For example, if someone was killed to prevent them from doing something. They don't necessarily have to be importent.
2006-09-13 11:50:42 · answer #4 · answered by Pretty Tough Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it is an assassination when it is a public figure or official of some kind, elected, religious, celebrity, etc. The rest of us just get murdered.
2006-09-11 23:39:31 · answer #5 · answered by cmpbush 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you need to be an official of a government or an elected active part of the governmental office holders
2006-09-11 23:43:59 · answer #6 · answered by PleiadesMom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has to be a political (with a small p) aspect to the killing, or at the very least an element that affects society.
2006-09-11 23:43:58 · answer #7 · answered by Roger B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it depends on how important they are. I think assasinate means someone has paid someone else to kill that person. assassin is like another word for hitman i think
2006-09-12 05:53:56 · answer #8 · answered by 240881psy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Politician, member of the royal family...
2006-09-11 23:37:51 · answer #9 · answered by Yasmin H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be a political figure... a very well known speaker with known enemies...
2006-09-12 02:35:29 · answer #10 · answered by theodore.story 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋