Legal Law

Five common motives for murder

Murder is a juicy topic in modern society and I want to touch on five common motives for murder. Just the right kind of event for men to tighten their sleeves, women to gasp in shock, and children to cover their faces in horror.

Murder is a vile and strange fact that has accompanied us throughout the history of mankind. People will always kill other people for whatever reason they see fit; anything from looking at a person the wrong way to being unable to shake off a particular feeling.

Let me explain five common motives for murder.

  1. Jealousy

We all know it, we have all felt it and some of us have killed a person for it. The first murder in the Christian Bible was due to jealousy. One has to assume that OJ Simpson’s motive (I’m not saying he did it) was jealousy or why kill his wife and murder her lover with a knife? Oscar Pistorious is another example. The list is as endless as humanity letting emotions rule their lives.

  1. revenge

This sounds like the plot of an old Clint Eastwood western, right? Where the bad guy kills the good guy’s wife (not knowing that the good guy is a gun-throwing killer) causing shit to hit the fan and all hell break loose for revenge.

The basis of revenge as a motive to murder someone is the doctrine of “eye for an eye”. It suggests that the person you are killing is not that innocent anyway, so according to popular culture, that’s okay! (I did not support the view; I just repeated it).

  1. Political

Oh, this one really sucks. Basically, it involves attacking a member of the opposition, sometimes even members of your own party (ask Cesar). It is what fully validates politics as a dangerous game when talkers draw their guns to eliminate themselves.

Political assassinations have been going on since the beginning of time; some have even been caught on camera. Like Lee Harvey Oswald killing JFK from a distance. And Jack Ruby killing Lee Harvey on TV (That’s actually revenge … hmmm, but political anyway).

  1. Hate

Hate crimes are horrible. The act of giving in to such a petty emotion as hatred that results in actual murder is contemptuous. Sadly, hatred ranks as a common cause of murder in the world spanning a broad spectrum, from hooded white men in the KKK to vile terrorist attacks.

  1. War

Unfortunately, this is still one of the main reasons why human beings are killed in society; And this one is legal! In fact, if you do exceptionally well, they will pin a medal to your chest and call you sir for the rest of your life. Is there any irony there?

War and exciting times go hand in hand, and murder is the foundation of war. Kill the enemy before they kill you. What is it that I don’t like about that concept?

These are just five common murder motives out of a hundred or so … what can I say? We are violent beings.

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