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To: longnshort who wrote (213057)	7/22/2007 6:12:16 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794268

the christians martyrs didn't murder many people with their 'martyred' deaths They didn't murder any, as far as I know. Looks like you are another one who is not reading the entire thread very carefully. It seems that you are stuck with the concept that a martyr, strictly speaking, is someone who chooses death for reasons which are acceptable to you. I disagree with that notion. I think martyr encompasses anyone who chooses death on account of a cause, any cause. But if you wish to use the term as meaning someone who chooses death for reasons acceptable to you, that's fine. No big deal. I don' think it's the proper use of the word, but I won't argue, except to state emphatically that personal attacks on posters who use the term in the broader sense I prefer are totally off the mark.