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Damini said:And actually, yes I do believe it is worse to walk in as a suicide bomber and kill 20 people than to remotely bomb them. To be a suicide bomber you walk amongst people, straight into their midst, you sit next to the guy that smiles at you and asks if you have enough space, you walk past the woman that is trying to stop her kids from fighting, you immerse yourself in all the unsuspecting lives you are about to break, and then you do it anyway. We eat meat because the whole process of killing it is detached for us, we have morgues out of sight... there are studies into wars where they show the percentage of soldiers who are deliberately not trying to shoot people because they can actually see the lives, rather than just the target: something which sabotages the very human process of detachment. How many psychological tests do they have to do on the men with the red nuclear button to make sure they can find a man different enough from the norms to be able to press it unflinchingly? The casualties may be the same, but the level of imhumanity is much greater when that detachment is not there.
I disagree with you there.
There is no difference. When the non suicidal terrorist walks into the croud to plant their bomb they also interact as you describe above....the only diff is is the time of detonation. I doubt the suicide bomber is thinking about any of the people he is about to blow up. He thinks of himself and the "good" he will do for his god and people.
In fact someone who doesnt kill himslef is a lot worse as he can learn from what he did wrong and do it again and again...