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This was an assassination, yet not a single article about this contain that word.
by covercash 9y ago
This was an assassination, yet not a single article about this contain that word.
- icebraining 9y agoIs there really a significant difference between "assassination" and "slaying"?
- thriftwy 9y agoYou definitely have someone to blame when there's assassination, and also the whole country should take an image hit. See for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya
- simonh 9y agoIt is a well established word with a commonly understood meaning in English. For example, a Lynching is another form of murder with a different and generally well understood meaning for native English speakers. If you're not a native English speaker, does your native language not have terms similar to these?
- icebraining 9y agoYeah, I'm not a native speaker, and while I get there are different terms for different types of murder, it seemed "slay" was pretty much equivalent.
- simonh 9y agoSlay is usually used for up close brutal killings. It has its origins in an old English word also used to mean to strike or hit something physically. This was somewhat remote for the killer, possibly professional and likely politically motivated so assassination seems appropriate.
- ajdlinux 9y ago"Assassination" generally carries connotations of politically motivated violence that "slaying" does not.
- ekianjo 9y agoThe medium used, a bomb. Is typically associated with assassination. We are not talking about someone stabbing someone else here.
- elgenie 9y agoWhat matters in an assassination is the motive, not the weapon. A murder-for-hire of a prominent politician committed by a third party with a car bomb on behalf of someone is not an assassination it was commissioned by their cheated-on spouse. On the other hand, a politician or journalist being stabbed for political reasons is an assassination. For example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inejiro_Asanuma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inejiro_Asanuma.
- Fnoord 9y ago> What matters in an assassination is the motive, not the weapon. Motive isn't always clear right after the event occurred. Could very well be speculation at that point. Anyone can be a journalist btw. It isn't a protected profession with a title or degree requirement. "Professional journalism", OTOH..
- adventured 9y agoA bomb is most commonly indiscriminately targeted at larger numbers of people, such as in cases of terrorism, which is by far the most common association for a bomb these days. Assassination implies a very specific target. A bomb does not inherently and more often implies the intent of broad targeting.
- avar 9y agoYes, if you shoot a politician or a journalist you're not only doing it to kill them, but to deprive their constituents or their audience of their services. That's why assassinations are considered worse than straight-up random murder.
- elgenie 9y agoThere's a very big difference. Assassination = murder of a prominent person for political reasons, often carried out by a third party (an assassin). Slaying = a killing. That's it. Besides not having any political motive, a slaying isn't even necessarily murder; killing someone in war, in self-defense or on accident is still a slaying.
- mamon 9y agoI always thought that slaying refers to non-human victims, as in "slaying the dragon"
- test1235 9y agoin medieval times, it was common to refer to war casualties as having been 'slain in battle'. I don't know what the etymology of the word is, but I get the impression it implies death by close combat. I personally wouldn't describe a bomb victim as having been 'slain'. There could also just be a translation thing going on here, by someone whose first language isn't English.
- elgenie 9y ago"Slaying" is mostly archaic outside of literary contexts at this point, but it does refer to both humans and animals. It's still used pretty often in North American crime journalism. Some AP stories from the past two weeks found with a quick Google using "slaying" to refer to the killing of humans: * https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-10-12/3-people-fatally-shot-in-southern-ohio-8-year-old-missing https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-10-12/3-people-... * https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/philly-man-arrested-in-community-activists-slaying/ https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/philly-man-arreste... * https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/connecticut/articles/2017-09-27/judge-to-question-man-on-slain-wifes-estate-worth-642 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/connecticut/articles...
- ekianjo 9y agoYeah even the title "bomb kills" sounds like a bad joke. Next newsflash at 11 will be like "bullet kills X" instead of using the right words.
- tertius 9y agoBombs kill bystanders all the time...
- ekianjo 9y agoHere the bomb was in the car, aimed at killing a single person.
- tertius 9y agoExactly. A single bystander... No way to know if this was targeted.
- ZoeZoeBee 9y agoAre you suggesting her car suicide bombed it's self, while she was in it?
- tertius 9y agoNo, it's an attempt at humor underscoring the futility of fighting the power that caused the "slaying". And it's exactly why everyone is bringing up the "need" for EU investigative force. We know this isn't going anywhere and it happens often, even in the "advanced industrialized countries" we hold so dear.
- KGIII 9y agoGoogle News shows multiple uses of the word. Here is an example: https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20171016/local/focus-on-caruana-galizias-assassination-in-times-of-malta.660587 https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20171016/local/fo...
- eternalban 9y ago"What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas".