Comments | simplepink: i will carry my heart on a string...

simplepink

i will carry my heart on a string...

Feb 09, 2003 20:45

why is it that the common man is "murdered," while the 'uncommon' man is "assasinated?" Martin Luther Kings, Jr. was assasinated. He was not. Because JFK was a great president, he was assasinated. Because he was a high school student, he was murdered. i wondered this thing when i was seven. what's the difference? is it a title? a number of years? a ( Read more... )

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two cents . . . shutupnkissme February 9 2003, 21:13:54 UTC

ive always felt that "assassinated" had to do with the intent behind the murder...
a person is assassinated when they are killed because of the effect they have on society. they were "assassinated" because they were someone in the spotlight, changing things globally, and hated for it by at least one person.
"murdered" however is no less tragic because, while the life may have been common at the time of its loss, if life had been lost years later, it may have been "assassinated" . . .

do i EVER make sense?

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kolibri February 9 2003, 21:17:18 UTC

in order to kill someone who's in the public eye, you have to be covert about it, much more so than killing joe schmoe. this takes the actions of an 'assasin' rather that just a 'killer.' when you get right down to it, murder is one function an assasin fills, but the level of obfuscate action neccessary to kill a public personage would be a step beyond the inference of the word 'murder.' 'assasination' is used most often in describing how leaders are murdered; mlk jr. was considered a leader; jfk was the president, and hence a leader.

schmndrck8 February 10 2003, 08:13:22 UTC

I get your point Kels, and I find it intriguing. It's something I'd never thought about before.

coppertongue February 10 2003, 18:55:32 UTC

you are so much more beautiful than your livejournal pic...is that even you?

destroy your ego...it's fun and easy.

you've confused me! simplepink February 14 2003, 06:47:43 UTC

haha, thank you very much... however, you've completely defeated the purpose of your closing statement with your first comment :)

Re: you've confused me! coppertongue February 14 2003, 07:25:36 UTC

afraid of a challenge?

habanerasamlet February 14 2003, 12:20:31 UTC

pseudo-kudos.

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never in my life stillbuilding February 10 2003, 19:00:50 UTC

of course... you are always welcome to talk to me... things are working themselves... the knot will become a slip... love is understanding.... love is understanding.... love is understanding

destroy your ego... it's fun and easy.....