I heard a song by John Lennon on the radio and after playing the song the DJ talked about his "assassination", and I just couldn't figure out why he was considered assassinated, when all other assassinations involved polititians.
2006-11-28 13:53:31 · 11 answers · asked by robotchic 2 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
According to The American Heritage Dictionary, to assassinate is "To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons."[1]
2006-11-28 14:06:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An assassination in this sense is, through definition, a politically-inspired killing. So that's really about being in some form of position the position someone should be politically-inspired to kill you -- wealth and value are proxies for that form of element, yet no longer inevitably. Theoretically you should assassinate the member of a school board. or you should assassinate SUV vendors. In Iraq, translators operating for individuals were assassinated (and those are those with none significant wealth or relative value).
2016-10-16 10:57:14 · answer #2 · answered by beaudin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An assassination is the murdering of a person for political reasons.
2006-11-29 14:45:53 · answer #3 · answered by Ryan R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To murder of a prominent person by surprise attack (many for for political reasons) is considered an assassination.
John Lenon qualifies as a prominent person and his murder happened by surprise attack. Although, I would argue that assassination is the correct word...the DJ used the term that best expresses his views.
2006-11-28 14:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assassination is murder, but not all murder is assassination. An assassination refers to the planned murder of a public figure.
2006-11-28 14:29:40 · answer #5 · answered by EQ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Assassination is the deliberate killing of an important person
2006-11-28 14:17:12 · answer #6 · answered by plagam_extremam_infligere 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an assassination is of a prominent person, usually political.
2006-11-28 14:01:48 · answer #7 · answered by spezlee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
assesination, is murder for money or political gain, carried out by a hired gun
murder is in the heat of an argument or passion, in other words not pre meditated.
in both cases you end up dead,
2006-11-28 14:08:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
All assasinations are pre-meditated...and takes some thought. Murders tend to be (not always)...done on impulse, without much thought.
2006-11-28 13:57:00 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Sweet Girl♥ 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
You have to be important to be assassainated.
If you're a poor bloke, you just get murddered.
Either way, you're dead, why would you care what they call it?
2006-11-28 14:02:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋