FabSwingers.com forum: Shocked to the core

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I just crashed so ditched chrome and signed on via explorer so the MSN page came up. I saw a pic of John Lennon and Yoko and the headline said

Shocking Assassinations

From Julius Caesar to John Lennon. Killings that shocked the world.

I'm not sure if anyone is still shocked by Caesars demise but which killings from history fascinate you and why?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The most famous one of all I guess - Kennedy.

When you watch the Zapruder footage and see the back of his head open up with the second shot and Jackie climbing all over the back of the car in blind panic - it's still shocking now, some 50 years on.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

On June 29, 1992, Mohamed Boudiaf's term Algerian Head of State ended abruptly when he was assassinated by a bodyguard during a televised public speech at the opening of a cultural center in Annaba. It was his first visit outside Algiers as head of state.

A shocking murger and a moment of iconic importance. He is now referred to by many political commentators as a martyr for Algeria, with many arguing he could have been the country's savior.

The assassin, Lieutenant Lembarek Boumaârafi, was said to have acted as a lone gunman due to his Islamist sympathies. Sentenced to death in a CLOSED TRIAL in 1995, the sentence was not carried out.

This murder has been subject to great controversy and conspiracy theories, many suggesting he was assassinated by the military establishment (responsible for the coup and for his installment as HCE chairman).

Boudiaf had quickly initiated a drive against the corruption of the Algerian regime, and stripped several important military officials of their posts.

Survived by his wife, Fatiha Boudiaf, she remains insistent his death has not been properly investigated

(Not that anyone cares but thanks for the opportunity)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Princess Di??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

elvis

to many burgers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Princess Di??

Not a chance. It was an accident, pure and simple. There are way too many variables to consider to make it an assassination.

The assassin/s knew the route.

That the cars involved would hit at the right moment in the right place.

That she would actually die.

No, it couldn't have planned and executed with that much precision.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Princess Di??

I lament the loss of a young life and hers stings still.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Princess Di??

I lament the loss of a young life and hers stings still. "

I lived down south at that time and I remember the M1 being closed and people lining the whole length of it from Staples Corner to Leicestershire.

We went to our section of it and there were thousands of people there and the motorway was literally covered in flowers.

Very poignant indeed.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Princess di

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By *andy muncherMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

rasputin the mad the monk such a cool guy

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

I lived in Bristol when Princess Diana died and I flew to Aberdeen and travelled to Forfar on the day of her funeral..

was one of the spookiest days... the airports (Bristol and Aberdeen)albeit a Saturday but none the less they were so quiet.. and the roads from Aberdeen south were dead..

got home just in time to watch... very, very moving.

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By *andy muncherMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

two more or three more martin luther king jfk and his brother robert

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

My particular death angst is that of George Harrison. Such a gentle and spiritual man. I named my baby doll after him when I was a really little girl - I saw past Paul and John when my friends were fainting.

I also felt indignant that My Sweet Lord was compared to 'He's So Fine and he got a bollocking for it. I never thought he stole it and it still sticks in my throat. I can imagine he felt so piqued.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My particular death angst is that of George Harrison. Such a gentle and spiritual man. I named my baby doll after him when I was a really little girl - I saw past Paul and John when my friends were fainting.

I also felt indignant that My Sweet Lord was compared to 'He's So Fine and he got a bollocking for it. I never thought he stole it and it still sticks in my throat. I can imagine he felt so piqued. "

He was my favourite too and I had one of those phsycadelic posters of him up in my bedroom. Wish I still had it and it would be worth a lot these days.

He's so fine and My Sweet Lord? No comparison. ooo that rhymes with Harrison.

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