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Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:40 am
by minisaiyan
I've been wondering about it for a while and thought where better to ask then here.
I always thought it was someone who "died" or "ceased to exist" if you like. So surely if they cease to exist, and they are helped by the people they are proving a point against, they are only furthering their cause.
Such would be the case with Saddam Hussein, the way they publicly executed him only angered his followers and resulted in so many more bombings and terrorist incidents causing major loss of life and completely destroyed any community spirit that could be potentially be built.
So what are your thoughts on the way such incidents should be dealt with?
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:01 am
by Angnoch
define a martyr, someone who gives their life for a cause. Their deaths inspire the cause and it grows beyond their wildest dreams and takes on a life of its own.
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:20 am
by ƒëmmë
I don't think they necessarily need to die, I am thinking of that very brave girl from Pakistan.. who was shot in the head for simply wanting to attend school..
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/malala- ... y-17700216but encompasses all that stand up against the odds against something they believe in
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:35 am
by RepliMagni
SS
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:44 am
by Angnoch
RepliMagni wrote:SS
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:47 am
by Loki™
RepliMagni wrote:SS
+1
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:33 am
by Jack
Someone that is persecuted for their beliefs, or appears to be so. They don't have to die, they just have to suffer. Be it jail, or torture, or death, or some other attack against them.
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:36 am
by Z E R O
Dovahkiin wrote:Someone that is persecuted for their beliefs, or appears to be so. They don't have to die, they just have to suffer. Be it jail, or torture, or death, or some other attack against them.
Like deletion!
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:10 am
by Jim
LOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Why everyone forget about Eary?
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:27 am
by dark lord tacoma
Jim wrote:LOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Why everyone forget about Eary?
cos eary is still here
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:28 am
by minisaiyan
and ss isnt?
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:49 am
by dark lord tacoma
minisaiyan wrote:and ss isnt?
did'nt think that even needed explaining lol
he is a tokra pirate hooker afterall
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:18 am
by [BoT] Jason
Admin misused martyr when he did... He used it in a Call of Duty World at War sense...
Just saying
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:49 am
by Noobert
That's not martyr, that's a martyrdom.
Re: Definition of a martyr?
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:52 am
by Juliette
[BoT] Jason wrote:Admin misused martyr when he did... He used it in a Call of Duty World at War sense...
Just saying
He said 'trying to play the martyr'.
Quite similar to possums, I would guess.