tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 05 08:44:41 1997
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Re: KLBC: Words for assassin & blade
>Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 09:49:26 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "SuSvaj" <[email protected]>
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>Once an assassination occurs, it is no secret. But J.W. Booth did sneak in
>by stealth and shoot Lincoln unaware. My point is that what an assassin
>does ALWAYS involves secrecy, as opposed to a forthright challenge to
>personal combat.
Does it really? Maybe Lincoln's wasn't an ideal example, but I think in
English we call *any* killing of a major political figure an assassination,
no matter the mode in which it is accomplished.
~mark