Ninja Vs. Assasin!

[Axer NZ]

Mind backing this up?

A ninja or shinobi (忍者 or 忍び) was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations.

I'm right. Get over it.

[pialpha]

[trogdor1316]

All ninjas are assassins, but not all assassins are ninjas. Therefore, ninja is greater than or equal to assassin.

[Paracetamol]

I would like to take this time to inform you that there are multiple studies that show that wikipedia is in fact as accurate as a standard encyclopedia. The problem is that when people use wikipedia they use wikipedia as their one and only source for information which can lead to misinformation, the same problem exists with other encyclopedias, but is not as prevelent. thats why wikipedia is considered less factual than it truly is.

Additionally I recomend you read what wikipedia is not and Wikipedia Verifiability

And a final note, wikipedia is also found to be "less than factual" because a lot of Reliable sources (not wikipedia) in fact contradict each other because even encyclopedias and experts need to choose what they think is true and false.

Pialpha, in many ways you are right and wrong at the same time, those ways in fact contradict itself. Just like Factual information contradicts other factual information.
Also Axer NZ is also in the wrong for using wikipedia as a sole, primary source. He should also have provided information from another source too.


Along with the Wikipedia articles on Ninjas and Ninjutsu you should also look at THIS too.

[AbstractAngel]

All ninjas are assassins, but not all assassins are ninjas. Therefore, ninja is greater than or equal to assassin.

Agreed!!!

[Humility]

I'm bored so I'll post something

I'm going to assume the assassins in question are the Hashshashin, the name assassin came from and the Ninja in question are Shinobi.

And the conflict in question is if the Shinobi and Hashshashin were to go at each other's throat.

In my mind the hash' would win. Their soldiers were more fanatical and well trained throughout. They were more numerous. They had their own cities. Their exploits are more spectacular, laying daggers and poisoned cakes by the heads of hostile leaders while they slept. Proving that they were also intelligent, skilled in psychological warfare and very effective.

The Shinobi on the other hand were much smaller in number and very disorganized. Being made up of actually dozens of families and guilds their efforts would be hindered by a lack of centralization. Assuming they were somehow centralized their tactics would begin to mirror each other. However there are two main differences. That difference would be the use of sleeper cells and the Hash' greater numbers.

I believe what would eventually happen is that at first there would be a series of assassination and counter assassination but as the two groups get used to each others tactics, assassinations would wane.

It would then appear that the Hash' are on the defensive, sabotage perpetrated by the ninja damaging their food supplies, structures and so on. But then the Hash' new sleeper cells, probably recruited from the Japanese peasant rabble, brainwashed and trained. These sleeper cells would have made their way into the Families as servants and whatnot. And at the most opportune time they would strike. Killing the heads of the families and any other high quality targets.

And that would result in the Hash' victory.

Edit: Ninja were also spies and saboteurs.

[Boleslav]

Firstly, what is the connection between cankerpOOp and cankerp00p? I haz a confused.

Ninjas and assassins are different. Ninjas take out people in secrecy or in shadowy, unseen ways, but assassins are in fact a form of old-skool terrorism where the idea is to kill targets in front of a public (ie: in the town square, etc). So both ninjas and assassins are used to execute targets, but there is a logistical and procedural difference in their methods and philosophy.

[Revoltion]

Firstly, what is the connection between cankerpOOp and cankerp00p? I haz a confused.

Ninjas and assassins are different. Ninjas take out people in secrecy or in shadowy, unseen ways, but assassins are in fact a form of old-skool terrorism where the idea is to kill targets in front of a public (ie: in the town square, etc). So both ninjas and assassins are used to execute targets, but there is a logistical and procedural difference in their methods and philosophy.

CankerpOOp is just some weird copycat.
Cankerp00p is the s1 dude.

I guess.

[cankerpOOp]

CankerpOOp is just some weird copycat.
Cankerp00p is the s1 dude.

I guess.

haha im not really copycat actually.
i play as cankerp00p, on many servers.
and theres a cankerp00p that plays on s1..
so..get it right..
not a copycat.
same name.

[KOOPS95]

Let's get something cleared up;

Are we saying assassins = hired killers?

I'm right. Get over it.

I'm sorry, were you on pain killers after breaking your leg in a skiiing accident when you typed this?