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Jack Valentino

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Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:28 PM Dec 6

Do you have to be a CEO to be considered "assassinated" when you are shot in the street [View all]

by a gunman who is still at large, and whose motives at this point
are only a matter of internet speculation ??



Apparently so--- since numerous other people have been shot dead in the street
within the same time-frame--- and there appears to be no such labeling of their deaths as
an 'assassination'


Maybe you have to be considered in some context 'important'
before your murder can be labeled as an 'assassination' ?


I'm pretty sure that each individual whose life was ended
probably would consider the act to be an 'assassination'--
from their personal point of view....


So he was a CEO of a healthcare company---
but the vast majority of the US or any other country
never heard of him before he was gunned down in the street


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He probably was in favor of the weak gun laws which may have helped to bring about his demise.

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Why then does a mass shooting of a few get way more attention on DU than the dozens killed daily one by one ? MichMan Dec 6 #1
Your observation tends to support my post. Jack Valentino Dec 6 #3
So a CEO is a mass shooting? dpibel Dec 6 #7
assasinated definition: elleng Dec 6 #2
It will be a tough stand-your-ground defense Sneederbunk Dec 6 #4
I will be "keeping my GO-FUND-ME powder dry" in favor of Jack Valentino Dec 6 #5
Special people only, for sure dpibel Dec 6 #6
.... when it may have been nothing more than a 'random act'... Jack Valentino Dec 6 #8
I'd much rather be assassinated than murdered or just plain killed. El-Capitan Dec 6 #9
Me too ! Jack Valentino Dec 7 #18
It could be anyone Meowmee Dec 6 #10
Agreed--- that an "assassination" usually only refers to a politician Jack Valentino Dec 6 #14
Good question! Sparkly Dec 6 #11
Yes. H2O Man Dec 6 #12
Apparently the OP author doesn't know the definition of "assassination" onenote Dec 6 #13
Thank you for your opinion, and your definition. Jack Valentino Dec 7 #15
Not "my" definition. The Oxford English Dictionary's definition. In other words, the accepted definition. onenote Dec 7 #21
Post removed Post removed Dec 7 #24
Tim McVeigh killed people for an ideological motive misanthrope Dec 7 #27
Although I'll give you "negative points" for questioning my intelligence--- Jack Valentino Dec 7 #20
Doubling down. Got it. onenote Dec 7 #23
John Lennon was assassinated. Sneederbunk Dec 7 #16
I would not disagree with that. Jack Valentino Dec 7 #17
Reminds me of PXR-5 Dec 7 #19
They were BOTH artists, within their own realms.... Jack Valentino Dec 7 #22
Time will tell. I'm waiting on the facts we don't have yet. multigraincracker Dec 7 #25
Having read through this thread including definitions put forth BWdem4life Dec 7 #26
Lying in wait + $6000 gun with integrated suppressor + got away + 5 other factors GreatGazoo Dec 7 #28
He made his motives clear with the words on the shell casings ColinC Dec 7 #29
Of course it was Mountainguy Dec 7 #30
No, but it sure helps. republianmushroom Dec 7 #31
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