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| − | 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) |
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Would Jesus be considered an Assassination?--Elamdri 00:52, 13 April 2007 (EDT)
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. 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. JacobB 01:06, 1 March 2010 (EST)