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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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I had him killed.

That I had him killed means that I must be a murderer? If I was just an onlooker passing by the site of the murder or as his bestfriend, I had the circumstances someone killed him, and so I have been mellancholy, Can't I say that I had him killed?
  

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Anonymous I had the circumstances someone killed him This remark makes no sense. Anonymous That I had him killed means that I must be a murderer? No, but you are an accessory to murder.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous I had the circumstances someone killed him This remark makes no sense.
  • Anonymous That I had him killed means that I must be a murderer?
  • No, but you are an accessory to murder.
  • You arranged for someone else to kill him.
  • Maybe you paid someone to kill him.
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AnonymousI had the circumstances someone killed him
This remark makes no sense.
AnonymousThat I had him killed means that I must be a murderer?
No, but you are an accessory to murder. You arranged for someone else to kill him. Maybe you paid someone to kill him.

CJ
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