• SatyrSack@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Assassinations are always political. That’s what makes it an assassination and not just murder.

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      1 year ago

      That’s actually a misnomer but an understandable one. Assassinations can be carried out for a variety of reasons. Religious reasons are an example. But yeah, Political stuff usually far outweighs the other potential reasons.

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        1 year ago

        That’s still political, it’s just religious politics. Otherwise if it was a sacrifice or something like that it would have another word, like sacrifice.

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          You could argue that, yeah, but the definitions of Assassination are still pretty clear. It’s not specific to political motives. Merriam-Websters dictionary defines it as:

          murder by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons

          And the Oxford English Dictionary has it as:

          the murder of an important or famous person, especially for political reasons

          Most other definitions follow the same vein. Thats what I meant by it being an understandable misunderstanding. Both definitions use political reasons in it but both also say it’s just most commonly used for.

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      1 year ago

      You could assassinate someone for personal reasons too. Like, if you’re a professional athlete, and they’re ranked above you

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      Wasn’t killing the Romulan senator though more motivated by survival than politics, at least in Garak’s mind?

      But then again I don’t know if anyone can really know what’s in Garak’s mind.