Professional assassination

[sobrique]

Right. Well, we've all had days where we want someone dead. Occasionally, we really mean it.

So hypothetically:
How much would you pay to have someone removed?

Working on the assumption that it's going to be a person who _really_ annoys you, or there's some advantage in it.

I figure there's a certain threshold value in it, - obviously anyone taking the contract is going to need a 'risk vs. rewards' calculation - there's a chance they'll end up going to prison for a looong time, and they're also likely to have some additional expenses. (Sniper rifles ain't cheap ;p).

I figure you could probably operate legitimately as a 'life insurance' group. After all, life insurance is a bet that you won't die before a certain point.

So what you do, is take out a £500 life insurance policy on someone, that's automatically entered as a sweepstake for 'who can best describe the cause of death'.
Or maybe a 'first caller after they die'.

Obviously all such things would be held confidential, and no records would be kept of any transactions.
Also, there would be a 10% or so 'administration fee'.

The question is though, how much would that service be worth?

Edit: And on the flip side, is there a price at which you'd be prepared to accept a 'hit'?

There's also a book on the subject (thanks mhw)

Comments

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

You have far too large a collection of links to this subject.

The thing is, it's not so much the information I want, but the book to have at work to worry the shite out of my collegues.

After all, they're convinced I'm a nutter between LARPing, Roleplay, Airsoft and the propane incident...

[mhw.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* I assure you that it's only that I'm skilled with searching for obscurities.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but you would say that.

[mhw.livejournal.com]

*smile* But of course.