Comment on How popular/important do you have to be for your death by homicide to be labeled as an "assassination"? What if the homicide is for a private matter that's separate from their importance?

deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Poojabber@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Do you go to college to become an assassin? How does one become an assassin without first assassinating someone? This is a real “chicken or the egg” type of situation…

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  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The term “assassin” likely has roots in hashshāshīn (“hashish smokers or users”), a mispronunciation of the original Asāsiyyūn, but not a mispronunciation of Assasiyeen (pronounced “Asāsiyyeen”, the plural of “Asasi”). Originally referring to the methods of political control exercised by the Assasiyuun, one can see how it became “assassin” in several languages to describe similar activities anywhere.

    Apparently by smoking.

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