How famous do you have to be for it be considered assassination rather than murder?

Question

It's interesting isn't it? Is there a line of famousness?

Answer 1

It probably doesn't have to do with how famous you are, but what position you represent in society. Usually when someone is assassinated the killer doesn't know the victim, they are lashing out at the idea or position the victim represents and may not know the individual. A minor diplomat in a 3rd world country who nobody knows could be assassinated just because they represent another country.

Answer 2

Being or not being famous is totally irrelevant to the issue of assassination.One needs not be famous or even known at all to be declared "assassinated"

Assassination is a term used to describe killings that either have a political or ideological motivation/root.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination

Answer 3

It's based more on the amount of power rather than how famous a person is.
Gangsters/Mobsters have people or have had people assassinated in the past.. yet to say they are not famous- they would have had power- That's one simple example.

Answer 4

If its carried out on behalf of a political or economic group, it is assassination.

If by a lone individual, its murder.

Answer 5

i think any killing which is thought and planned in a cold blooded way is an assassination

Answer 6

It isnt being famous...assasination usually refers to killing a political leader....

Answer 7

You raise some good points here.

Answer 8

I'd say at least governor or US Senator.

Answer 9

Like the idiot O.J. Simpson famous !!!

Answer 10

do they both hold the same sentence ?????????