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==Murder vc. Killing==

==Murder vc. Killing==

While you're right that maybe a killing in self-defense wouldn't be "murder," I don't think it would be assassination, either.  An assassination is done for the specific purpose of advancing a political agenda - a killing committed for self defense is NOT done primarily to advance a political agenda.  [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 01:06, 1 March 2010 (EST)

While you're right that maybe a killing in self-defense wouldn't be "murder," I don't think it would be assassination, either.  An assassination is done for the specific purpose of advancing a political agenda - a killing committed for self defense is NOT done primarily to advance a political agenda.  As for the assassination of a tyrant being not murder, I'm not sure I agree.  If somebody has walked up to Hitler and shot him through the heart, it may have been just, it may have been good, but it would still be murder.  [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 01:06, 1 March 2010 (EST)