How important does a person have to be before

[Pamela(AllHoney)]

they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, They're All Mine!]

I think assassination applies to anyone who was killed for the sole purpose of killing that person because of something they did or said or represent.

Murder, in my mind, is like something that takes place in a heated moment or during a crime.

[Pamela(AllHoney)]

But you never hear about some homeless person being assassinated. Its usually someone of importance.

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, They're All Mine!]

Pamela(AllHoney) wrote: "But you never hear about some homeless person being assassinated. Its usually someone of importance."

Yes, but in my mind, if someone singled out a homeless person and killed him/her just for being homeless, that's assassination.

I also think of assassination as a quick kill, not torture.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , MacKinnon's Ranger]

Usually it seems as though assassination applies to important or pivotal people. If a person is killed to send a specific message, I suppose that is considered an assassination.

[Pamela(AllHoney)]

ok, I looked it up in dictionary

assassinate
1 to injure or destroy unexpectedly and treacherously
2. to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons.

From Merriam-Webster dictionary ☺

[Danielle The Book Huntress , MacKinnon's Ranger]

I definitely think of it as the second definition. Thanks!

[UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, They're All Mine!]

Oh, clearly Merriam and/or Webster are snobs.

[Pamela(AllHoney)]

lol

[Lauren]

UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish wrote: "Oh, clearly Merriam and/or Webster are snobs."

Lol!

I guess the first definition would apply to character assassination.

[Pamela(AllHoney)]

Hmmm, yes, I believe so.

[Sunny☼]

Pamela....You can tell us....Are you angry with someone? Maybe someone important?

[Pamela(AllHoney)]

LOL No really I just found this book of pondering questions and flipped through the pages and found one on this subject and decided to put it here.

[Sunny☼]

Relief...Books solve so many problems. who needs Google?

[Pamela(AllHoney)]

Not me ☺