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To: LS

They are actually Homicide Bombers...


5 posted on 08/28/2005 11:59:18 AM PDT by FDNYRHEROES (Time for a new tag line...)
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To: FDNYRHEROES
"They are actually Homicide Bombers"

Actually, I disagree wirth that usage for the following reason. All successful bombers are homicide bombers but those that use themselves as the delivery system should be distinguished as suicide bombers. It matters little I suppose but the logic of "Homicide Bombers" escapes me.

11 posted on 08/28/2005 12:23:07 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: FDNYRHEROES
They are actually Homicide Bombers.

Beg to differ. ALL bombers are homicide bombers. Those who plan on killing themselves are not differentiated at all by using this term for them, so it is essentially meaningless.

I understand the sentiment behind not wanting the emphasize their "selflessness," but let's not corrupt the language in the process.

26 posted on 08/28/2005 12:46:02 PM PDT by Restorer (Liberalism: the auto-immune disease of democracies.)
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