Talk:Tyrannicide

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Contents 1 Context and significance 2 Macbeth was not murdered, he was killed in battle by Macduff. Thats not tyrranicide! 3 Saddam Hussein 4 Revert of 4.242.186.245's addition

[edit] Context and significance

"Tyrannicide" is not a useful term if it just means the killing of a classical tyrant. The real significant meaning I think is an assassination that is justified by claiming the person killed was a "tyrant" in the modern sense of the word. I voted to delete the "modern tyrants" section on list of tyrants because such an 'authoritative' list is inherently POV; nevertheless, to illustrate this article I think it is not only helpful but necessary to include some examples of claimed "tyrannicides". For example, Johm Wilkes Booth justified his killing of Abraham Lincoln by claiming the latter was a tyrant; he is even said to have shouted "Sic semper tyrannis!" upon firing the shots. Saying that Booth considered his act "tyrannicide" is just factual, and in no way indicts Lincoln as a "tyrant".--Pharos 23:44, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Macbeth was not murdered, he was killed in battle by Macduff. Thats not tyrranicide!

So there. Also, please do read your shakespear. Macbeth was not "murdered". He murdered King Duncan and was then killed in battle. So thats not tyrannicide according to the definition.Tourskin 06:12, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Saddam Hussein

Per the definition, the execution of Saddam Hussein doesn not qualify--rather than an assassination, it was an execution as a result of trial and sentencing (regardless of where you stand on the legitimacy of his removal from power). Tlesher 23:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Revert of 4.242.186.245's addition

I reverted User:4.242.186.245's edits diff due to verbatim copyright violation taken from this site. Cheers. --slakr 23:55, 17 June 2007 (UTC)