execution-style

[Sarah]

Not to take away from fried chicken, but isn't "execution style" a rather particular term in that it has and can be applied to a person or persons murdered in a situation where there was no option to fight/escape, the death was quick and efficient (and the point), and the motivate was likely retribution/punishment/business?

While there is the classic "on your knees, gun to back of the head" method, it does seem to be used in many variations where simply getting rid of that particular person or persons as quickly, efficiently, and neatly as possible is the method and goal. There is no rage, no torture, no ritual, no accidental "I didn't mean to", etc. It was a job. An execution (although yes, as JL pointed out, not a state-sanctioned one).

S.

On 2012-11-03, at 8:40 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> I'm introducing "steak-fried chicken" right now.
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> Throw in a little A-1 Sauce.
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> Equivocal exx. back to 1759.
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