03-01-2011, 11:33 PM
(03-01-2011, 10:05 PM)Spalding Wrote: If engaging in a double torture-murder doesn't remove the "wannabe" from one's description, what does?
Also, they may mean "professional" in the sense that it was done to send a message to others, like a "Columbian necktie" would. It was definitely not surgical, but I get the sense that if someone is capable of killing in this manner, they could easily have killed before. This method required a strong stomach, a lot of balls, and a certain degree of strength and confidence. In that sense, it could be construed as "professional."
Agreed.
We think hitman and we think of a well dressed guy who flies into town, gets a hotel room, scopes out his prey, and takes them out with a gun with a silencer. In an hour he's on the next flight out. The drug cartels in Mexico are "professionals" but horror is part of their method, unlike the first example. I'm inclined to think that whoever killed Johnny & Lisa was the party who was angry with them, though - not a hired out "job". I think they have killed before, too. Execution seems like an accurate description, to me.