They thought they would stop the bombing.
A martyr's death? Geeze, that's a 15th century concept, dude. We just wanted to stop the bombing. Dying sucks.
Ya know?
Pass the bong.
/sarcasm
Ya know?
Pass the bong.
FWIW, "bombing" (or "e-bombing") is current slang among today's counterparts to the hippies from the 60's for doing drugs (especially ecstasy).