As to the separate “cowardice” debate in this thread—relevant to bias because the label is being rejected because of political bias—let me ask this.
A man loses his job, can’t find another, can’t support his family, and so kills himself. Bravery?
A woman gets divorced, fears being alone, kills herself. Bravery?
Now, that’s “personal” suicide, you’ll be saying. Not “political” suicide. As if mass murder of civilians changes it from cowardice to bravery. As if killing yourself in the attack, so that you don’t face the consequences of your mass murder, changes it from cowardice to bravery. As if being deluded into thinking you’ll be banging virgins later changes it from cowardice to bravery. As if causing the “million civilian deaths” your some people claim came later, changes it from cowardice to bravery. The terrorists, with arms, attacked the unarmed. With intent to war, attacked those with no such intent. With planning, attacked those without notice. If you don’t know how incredibly cowardly all that is, be grateful for your prozac prescription.
If 20 Al Quaeda members gave notice they were going to attack, say, a US embassy or marine base, and thereupon did and died trying, as they surely would if they’d given notice, they would’ve have gotten respect, and their political message would have been heard. People would have to say “Wow, that was a suicidal attack, but, man, it took a lot of heart, so they must really believe in what they were saying...what were they saying?”
As to the separate “cowardice” debate in this thread—relevant to bias because the label is being rejected because of political bias—let me ask this.
A man loses his job, can’t find another, can’t support his family, and so kills himself. Bravery?
A woman gets divorced, fears being alone, kills herself. Bravery?
Now, that’s “personal” suicide, you’ll be saying. Not “political” suicide. As if mass murder of civilians changes it from cowardice to bravery. As if killing yourself in the attack, so that you don’t face the consequences of your mass murder, changes it from cowardice to bravery. As if being deluded into thinking you’ll be banging virgins later changes it from cowardice to bravery. As if causing the “million civilian deaths” your some people claim came later, changes it from cowardice to bravery. The terrorists, with arms, attacked the unarmed. With intent to war, attacked those with no such intent. With planning, attacked those without notice. If you don’t know how incredibly cowardly all that is, be grateful for your prozac prescription.
If 20 Al Quaeda members gave notice they were going to attack, say, a US embassy or marine base, and thereupon did and died trying, as they surely would if they’d given notice, they would’ve have gotten respect, and their political message would have been heard. People would have to say “Wow, that was a suicidal attack, but, man, it took a lot of heart, so they must really believe in what they were saying...what were they saying?”