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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: KonKilo who wrote (46686)1/24/2008 7:39:45 PM
From: J. C. Dithers  Read Replies (5) of 541954
 
The fact that they were, by definition, brave, never entered into the rationale.

By dictionary definition, would you consider Seung-Hui Cho to have displayed bravery? He's the chap that killed 32 persons at Virginia Tech. Surely Seung knew that his mission was frought with danger and would very likely cost him his life. Indeed, he was willing to take his own life, just as the 9/11 terrorists. How about the duo that shot up the Columbine school? There is no forensic evidence that these killers were deranged. They believed they were righting wrongs, a perfectly rational motive.

Do you believe that "bravery" is a fitting characterization of these persons and their actions?

I'm not taunting you, but simply suggesting that dry dictionary definitions are not always an adequate guide to appropriate word usage.
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