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0 pointsjoncrane2y ago0 comments

Wow, this adds some context to his assassination, which is still one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of our time.

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If he was that big of a jackass, maybe his murder wasn't an assassination at all. Maybe someone was just fed up with his shit.

philwelch2y ago

I think the murder of a prime minister is an assassination by definition.

delecti2y ago

I think it depends. The two main definitions I'm seeing for "assassination" are either: any intentional murder (so basically any murder is an assassination), or specifically any politically motivated murder (so a jilted lover killing the president wouldn't be an assassination, but killing your local HOA president could be).

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delecti2y ago

If he was that big of a jackass, maybe his murder wasn't an assassination at all. Maybe someone was just fed up with his shit.

philwelch2y ago

I think the murder of a prime minister is an assassination by definition.

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