I shouldn't even have to write to explain why political assassination is a bad idea. Suppose it's the assassination of someone whose opinions are odious. That is still a spectacularly bad idea! This is not because you have to feel sorry for the victim or the family of the victim. That has absolutely nothing to do with it. It's more of a principled thing, like: let's not do this in the first place or justify it after the fact. It's obviously easier to condemn someone who kills someone with all the right opinions, but political assassination begets more of the same. It's really not the way we want to go. Anyone who says, "but..." is quite simply wrong.
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