Here's another truism: Swimming against the tide of public opinion is
rarely successful!!

Please don't expect love and kisses when you degrade our service men
and women!! They are not and never have been assassins!!

HF
Never agrue with an idiot, he'll drag youdown to his level and beat
you with experience.


On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:45:55 -0500, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

Casey Tompkins, aka Goober, wrote:

"by definition?" Whose definition?


Word definitions are found in a book we call a "dictionary".


One you made up? I do so love the
goobers who use ipse dixit for an argument.

Let's see, here.

From merriam-webster.com:
2: a person who commits murder; especially : one who murders a
politically important person either for hire or from fanatical motives

From dictionary.die.net:
One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one
who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

From yourdictionary.com:
a murderer who strikes suddenly and by surprise: now generally used of
the killer of a politically important or prominent person

From my desktop Webster's New World Dictionary:
a murderer who strikes suddenly; often, a hired killer.

Generally the accepted definition of assassin involves targeting a
*political* leader, and/or murder.


But not always, as your definition from dictionary.die.net illustrates; "One
who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault."

Here's a tip for you: Reading what you post before posting it may help
avoid appearing stupid.