Suicide or Martyrdom?

[Emerson]

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When is the line drawn between suicide and being a martyr? Yes, shooting yourself in the head is suicide, but what if your blew yourself up in frnt of the enemy and killed like 7 of them and yourself? Or what if you went on a mission like to drive a truck carrying fuel into an enemy base? Or what about having yourself killed over religious grounds, like a saint? Opinions.

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Ahem. ...Instead of posting my opinions, I will post facts. These facts may or may not make you look like an idiot.

Originally posted by "The Dictionary"+--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ("The Dictionary")</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>su·i·cide [soo i side]
n
1.* killing yourself: the act of deliberately killing yourself[/b]

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mar·tyr [maarter]
n (plural mar·tyrs)
1.&nbsp; somebody put to death: somebody who chooses to die rather than deny religious or political beliefs[/quote]

[Emerson]

What I'm trying to say is when is suicide considered martyrdom?

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See: My edited post.

[PunkyMalone]

I don't think suicide is ever martyrdom. Martyrdom generally involves death at someone else's hands, or dying for some kind of cause.

[Snagg3r]

Suicide is for selfish reasons.

[Emerson]

This image is inspiring to me. It features a boy with an explosive belt:

no more images like this

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I said it once, and I'll say it again.

...What the hell?

[Crestfallen]

Emerson, do not post these images on this forum. Find soem place other than AvrilStar to express those views. This is mainly a teenaged music forum, and such topics have no place here.

But to comment on your post, I do not find it inspireing at all. A child, with his whole life in front of him, commiting suicide for a cause he 'believes' is the right (cause right and wrong is always relative).. its just a waste of a life.. so he kills some enemies.. but there will always be more enemies.. and this kid will lose his life needlessly.. and if that many other kids do the same, how can somone tell them apart and remember what they did for the 'cause' they believed in. They will be diluded and forgotten.. something no child should have to suffer.

Anyways.. find another forum.