>>Why not accept the common term - martyr? It is decidedly simpler (for
>>communication) to share a commonly recognized name for a known,
>>experienced phenomenon. Much more enabling to moving the process of
>>understanding forward.
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>You're kidding, right? You want to endorse the religious message
>behind the use of the word "martyr" - that killing people in a
>pizzeria will earn you a trip to paradise?
You are free to participate in the contest of creating the politically correct 'connotation'. I'd prefer to accept the common term and get on with the process of understanding and finding a remedy.
To call my statement an endorsement is pure spin and pointless since I'm not in the contest. Call them 'marxists' if you like, since that word has no meaning any more. <g>
The 'religious message' credentials are dubious. Religion can be a tool of state power - our fundamentalism against their fundamentalism.
Martin