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Jack Valentino

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

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 2024 #1
Your observation tends to support my post. Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #3
So a CEO is a mass shooting? dpibel Dec 2024 #7
assasinated definition: elleng Dec 2024 #2
It will be a tough stand-your-ground defense Sneederbunk Dec 2024 #4
I will be "keeping my GO-FUND-ME powder dry" in favor of Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #5
Special people only, for sure dpibel Dec 2024 #6
.... when it may have been nothing more than a 'random act'... Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #8
I'd much rather be assassinated than murdered or just plain killed. El-Capitan Dec 2024 #9
Me too ! Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #18
It could be anyone Meowmee Dec 2024 #10
Agreed--- that an "assassination" usually only refers to a politician Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #14
Good question! Sparkly Dec 2024 #11
Yes. H2O Man Dec 2024 #12
Apparently the OP author doesn't know the definition of "assassination" onenote Dec 2024 #13
Thank you for your opinion, and your definition. Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #15
Not "my" definition. The Oxford English Dictionary's definition. In other words, the accepted definition. onenote Dec 2024 #21
Post removed Post removed Dec 2024 #24
Tim McVeigh killed people for an ideological motive misanthrope Dec 2024 #27
Although I'll give you "negative points" for questioning my intelligence--- Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #20
Doubling down. Got it. onenote Dec 2024 #23
John Lennon was assassinated. Sneederbunk Dec 2024 #16
I would not disagree with that. Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #17
Reminds me of PXR-5 Dec 2024 #19
They were BOTH artists, within their own realms.... Jack Valentino Dec 2024 #22
Time will tell. I'm waiting on the facts we don't have yet. multigraincracker Dec 2024 #25
Having read through this thread including definitions put forth BWdem4life Dec 2024 #26
Lying in wait + $6000 gun with integrated suppressor + got away + 5 other factors GreatGazoo Dec 2024 #28
He made his motives clear with the words on the shell casings ColinC Dec 2024 #29
Of course it was Mountainguy Dec 2024 #30
No, but it sure helps. republianmushroom Dec 2024 #31
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