• Stamets@startrek.websiteOP
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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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      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.