Which Assassination do you feel most tragic about??

Patrice . . . that name is so gay . . .

what about President McKinley?

I'd vote for Lincoln.

Or MLK.

Or maybe Bobby.

What about James Garfield? Oh sure . . . nobody gives a **** about James Garfield.

Or Sadat

someone killed Garfield...?

damn, I loved that cat.

Elijah P.Lovejoy was worse

I'd be willing to bet that you could stop 1000 Americans on the streets and ask "Who was Patrice Lumumba?" and you would get 998 dumb looks.

The other two would be visiting Canadians stopped by mistake.

Joe(Wasn't he named after a dance?)Nation

My pick was Martin Luther King, Jr.

Not Allende??

Joe(who dat?)Nation

I get misty over the loss of J.R. Ewing.

The bartender considered falsely accused or confused in Perugia recently is a relative (son? nephew?) of Patrice Lumumba, by the way.

osso-how's that for info-buco

Harvey Milk would get JGoldman's vote.

Raises hand.

John Lennon.

RFK's assassination had the most emotional impact for me. I was in 9th grade and he was my choice for President.

It's tough to judge which was the most tragic from an historical standpoint because it's impossible to know how differently events would have unfolded if the person hadn't been killed.

If foiling the assassination of Franz Ferdinand had prevented WWI from taking place, the number of lives saved would have been in the millions, and imagine how different the world might be. Of course, WWI was going to transpire with or without the Arch Duke's demise.

Considering how much of a turning point the years 1965-1975 represented to American history, it's interesting to consider how differently things would have turned out if JFK and survived the attempt to kill him.

I suppose for any assassination to be tragic in a historical sense an argument needs to be made that the opportunity for good or great things was extinguished along with the person's life. I tend to think that a continuation of the strong and largely principled leadership of MLK could have led to a more comprehensive and balanced societal advancement for African-Americans.

Entirely speculative but entertaining

The loss of Anwar Sadat in Egypt was truly tragic as it put Hosni Mubarak -- may he go on trial posthaste -- in charge.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/jan/17/patrice-lumumba-50th-anniversary-assassination