Why is it that if a man kills another man in battle, it's called heroic, yet if he kills a man in the heat of passion, it's called murder?

Wayne's World

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War Murder

Speaker

Glen

Actor

Ed O'Neill

Source

Wayne's World

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

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Time
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Time
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