The murder weapon used to kill Leon Trotsky in Mexico. Note that it is not an "ice pick" as is so commonly claimed.

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[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (14 children)

It's a mountain climbing axe.

This is an ice pick

[–]Red23 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

It's an ice pick in my link, even says so under the image. I'm well aware there are two different types of "ice picks", you on the other hand are struggling to understand that.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

When people think of an ice pick, they don't think of an ice axe. Nobody can be bother to learn mountaineer slang except insiders to the hobby. If they misuse a term in general usage in the population it's their fault if nobody understands.

I spent most of my life thinking Trotsky was murdered with an icepick. Eww! What an awful way to die! But no, turned out it was a mountaineering axe the whole time.

[–]Red23 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

The fact is, it is an ice pick and it's also known as an ice axe, it's not my fault you went for years not being able to figure it out!
Here's a report from The Guardian where it's referred to as both. Here, the BBC refer to it purely as an ice pick, as does NBC and USA Today.
The last three reports are fifteen years old btw!

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

Journalists getting facts wrong? Wow, that never happens.

Actually it's what I expect.

[–]Red23 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Admitting you were wrong comes with age.
You were wrong, get over it and move on. Seriously, the reports were fifteen years old ffs!!

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

The media gets it wrong all the time. They're the primary perpetrators of this misinformation.

[–]Red23 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

The only one getting it wrong is you.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I can't believe that people, in this day and age, still trust the media. But here we are.

[–]Red23 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Oh come on, grow up! You're arguing about something even when you've been proved wrong, it's embarrassing. What does your blanket statement which insinuates that I "trust the media", have to do with you not coming to terms with the fact that an ice pick was actually used to murder Trotsky? You're clearly one of those people that can never admit when they're wrong. And seriously, photos of the murder weapon have been around for years, how the hell have you missed them. And if you were really interested in the subject you'd have seen them, surely??