EPTI witnessed an assasination - Page 4
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itemlock
United States256 Posts
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0z
Luxembourg877 Posts
The thread is just 3 pages and already half of it is "assasination" vs "murder" and "door" vs "portal". | ||
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itemlock
United States256 Posts
On March 31 2007 07:25 0z wrote: The thread is just 3 pages and already half of it is "assasination" vs "murder" and "door" vs "portal". Yeah.. it was a direct response to the OP. If I sat here and read through every single post on every single thread that I posted on, I'd be wasting a lot of my time. I said what I had to in direct response to the OP and that's it... As for witnessing a murder... Murders happen all the time. You deal with it and you move on. It's not a big deal. *Edit It also appears that most people have an incorrect idea of what defines an "assassination". It has nothing to do with it being silent or public. And it is not only for military or government people. And assassination is when you kill a prominent person. | ||
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~rOyAL~
New Zealand175 Posts
was this a joke or that guy was actually shot ? | ||
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itemlock
United States256 Posts
On March 31 2007 07:40 ~rOyAL~ wrote: was this a joke or that guy was actually shot ? I'm sure it was a joke... I don't think we'd be showing it if it were real. | ||
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Vin{MBL}
5185 Posts
On March 31 2007 07:23 itemlock wrote: Yeah.. so now he knows. I still don't see what the big deal is... wtf? youre the one that's making it a big deal | ||
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SF-Fork
Russian Federation1401 Posts
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itemlock
United States256 Posts
On March 31 2007 07:43 Vin[MBL] wrote: wtf? youre the one that's making it a big deal I made a simple post correcting him and now I'm getting flamed for it. I'm certainly not the one that's making a big deal about it... Had I not been flamed, it would've just been left as that 1 short sentence... And yes, "portal" in this case is fine. And even if it was a door, a door is a portal anyway although I probably wouldn't have said "portal door". That's a bit redundant. | ||
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lololol
5198 Posts
1. to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously. 2. to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously: to assassinate a person's character. Portal 1. a door, gate, or entrance, esp. one of imposing appearance, as to a palace. 2. an iron or steel bent for bracing a framed structure, having curved braces between the vertical members and a horizontal member at the top. 3. an entrance to a tunnel or mine. 4. Computers. a Web site that functions as an entry point to the Internet, as by providing useful content and linking to various sites and features on the World Wide Web. You can close the thread now. | ||
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itemlock
United States256 Posts
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source as·sas·si·nate (ə-sās'ə-nāt') Pronunciation Key tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons. 2. To destroy or injure treacherously: assassinate a rival's character. So no, I don't think you can close the thread seeing as how different dictionaries seem to have different definitions. Does anyone have an Oxford that we can refer to? | ||
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4thHatchery
Finland125 Posts
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Not_Computer
Canada2277 Posts
On March 30 2007 06:58 Ranger) wrote: i dont buy it, looks like something out of a movie real life is often more weird than movies and books | ||
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itemlock
United States256 Posts
On March 31 2007 08:05 Desolate.GreY wrote: real life is often more weird than movies and books Amen to that... | ||
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Moogle
Canada37 Posts
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lololol
5198 Posts
On March 31 2007 07:50 itemlock wrote: Dictionary.com for the win. Now scroll down a little big from the top definition: American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source as·sas·si·nate (ə-sās'ə-nāt') Pronunciation Key tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons. 2. To destroy or injure treacherously: assassinate a rival's character. So no, I don't think you can close the thread seeing as how different dictionaries seem to have different definitions. Does anyone have an Oxford that we can refer to? It was a pretty obvious joke... the tread is NOT about the dictionary meanings of these words. Assassination is done by an assassin(obviously) and assassins are professionals that get payed for it, true? Case solved. | ||
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NeO)MasCoT
United States212 Posts
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