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- Konrad9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+54That man is a true hero, in any country.
- syl1985, on 10/12/2007, -10/+64I dugg this, but stop with the ***** pleading for diggs ffs we will digg what we want.
- vuke69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+49One of those men thought they had their ticket to heaven in hand.
One of those men was just doing what he thought was right.
One of those men is a murderer.
One of those men is a hero.
Both of those men would read the above list, and think the same two apply to them.
But one of those men are wrong. - Domza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29One of the saddest, but yet most admirable things any one could have done. A true hero, that did not ask to be glorified. I'm glad his actions are now recognised.
Can we please live in peace? - amasiancrasian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28This is a true martyr. It's too bad the majority of the suicide bombers think that their blowing themselves up is considered martyrdom. But if they thought, they wouldn't be suicide bombers in the first place.
- sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -4/+29and your name is RandomHugs. You're a carebear, aren't you?
- distrbnce, on 10/12/2007, -16/+41This isn't the "cost of war", it's the cost of religion.
- rauz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23"Sometimes we see the torn and mangled hunks of flesh. Sometimes their open bodies curl a baleful steam into the cold morning air."
Scary stuff. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Nothing too NSFW. The worst one is a bloody handprint.
- diggfinity, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21I'd like to think so.
To save all those lives, all it took was a single hug... - djAnakin, on 10/12/2007, -8/+25How many people were tortured to death under Saddam's rule?
How many women were allowed to walk the streets unesorted?
How many little girls got the chance to go to school?
I can keep going? You people need instant gratification, don't you? The world can't/doesn't change overnight. Yes, alot of people have died, but alot of people died before, and alot more would have died. Eventually the good will reign over the bad. it just takes time. I wish people could understand this. - rauz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Yeah what diggamer said, the actual text is the scary part, as described above.
- SLuM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Dugg, humanity can still hope, can't it..?
- wallish, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14stealthgear - "yep, this is mostly our fault. But, anyone who allows themself to die is an not a hero.
We need to change the definition of hero."
So in order to be a hero you have to live? The man attack the suicide bomber, probably knowing full well that he would die, so that he could save the lives of those around him. How is that not heroic? Heroism is not doing something good because you know you will be safe. Heroism is doing the right thing even if you know you may very well die. - thebru, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18No, it's the cost of extremists doing stuff like this in the name of their religion; not the religion itself.
- inarguable, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15RIP brother.
- idigital, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15The man that stopped the bomber is a true hero.
Michael Yon is a sensationalist journalist telling the story in emotional terms after the fact. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Linked to the printer-friendly version to stave off the Digg effect. Full version, with comments:
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/the-hands-of-god.htm - Comatose51, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Not all heroes die in their act of courage. All martyrs do.
If you prefer a nerdier explanation, martyr is a subset of hero, with the additional attribute of having died in their act of heroism. - Prysorra, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11@ stealthgear
"At least with saddam, people could go outside of their house and live"
Excuse me? Not everyone in Iraq is a Sunni Baathist...... - Mactard, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12This is heavy *****.
- democracysucks, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13But before people talk about the "savage inhumanity" of the suicide bomber, perhaps they should acknowledge his beliefs. As you said, the suicide bomber though HE was the hero, that HE was the one doing what was right.
It is indeed a horrible thing, and I think we all agree that the suicide bomber was wrong, but it's not like these people go around thinking that they're horrible people doing horrible things. In their eyes, they're doing the most glorious work in the world. - quanta88, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10And that is the very definition of the banality of evil.
- wasborn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9http://duggmirror.com/world_news/Martyr_Gives_His_Life_to_Stop_a_Suicide_Bomb_A_True_Story_from_Iraq_pics/
- stev31h, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8The story is about this man being a hero - not about what is going on with the war in Iraq.
Stop with the childish politic rants, they don't belong here. - vuke69, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10"That does not make them any more human."
Nor any less.
I know when someone exhibits traits that are extremely undesirable, it may be convenient to label them "inhuman." When in reality they are all too human, just regular, flawed humans.
Besides, serial killers usually do know what they are doing is wrong. - ShBm, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10The "pics" part is keeping me from going to it. What are the pics?
- RandomHugs, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11I'm teared up as I read this.
- sufferwell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Agree, but unfortunately unless we stop digging stories that ask to be dugg it will continue
- glitch47, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Interesting story, although it is overwritten by Mr. Yon. Example:
"No bomb. No rocket. No stone. No time."
"In front of the walls pocked with craters from the ball bearings, truth was more nuanced."
The story is dramatic enough. Mr. Yon needs to decide if he wants to be a novelist or a journalist. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Serial killers don't believe they are doing anything wrong either. That does not make them any more human.
- ijeff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4images show if you give it a bit of time
- elebrio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I think hero might be a more appropriate term than martyr.
- foomojive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think what he meant to say is that more people should be heroic enough to do something like this to save innocent people from being killed.
- kamisama, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5This guy deserves his virgins.
- chinaman1472, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I doubt you've ever been to Iraq, before or after USA intervened. Don't act like you know what's up in the Middle East because you read/watch the news. I'm not saying I know it any better, but go talk to people that have actually been there and you'd see that suicide bombing just the tip the icebergs.
But props to Michael Yon. It takes GUTS to give your life to your village in an instant without second thought. - guinness3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends. - dgraf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What was his name?
- idigital, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Does anyone else find the title of this digg's focus on the fact that it comes with pics, just a bit macabre?
- stevebee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This was the smartest comment I've seen today.
- DerProfi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@nhand42
Wow, you don't know a damned thing about Iran, do you? I have Iranian relatives, friends and coworkers who would beg to differ with your uninformed opinion.
"It's a democratic country - has been for many years - with fair elections"
Sure, as long as you're a candidate approved by the mullahs: http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/22/news/iran.php
"...a wealthy and well educated population"
Yeah...tell that to the millions and millions or illiterate dirt-poor folks who live outside of major cities. 79% literacy rate.
"equal rights for women"
Sure, as long as they don't venture outside without covering their heads in a chador or jihab, in which case they're inviting trouble (it's mandatory.) And as long as you're not a woman actually protesting for equal rights.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2067692&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
"freedom from religious persecution (eg, Jews and Christians are protected by law)"
That must be why so many Baha'i fled during the revolution and still suffer at the hands of Islamists: http://news.bahai.org/story/413
"and a respectable legal system."
Right. A legal system that executes homosexuals and hangs girls for fighting back against rapists.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/11/21/iran12072.htm
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5183 - idigital, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You'd think that discovering the name of the man would have been part of the research for this story, after all he did get the name of the soldier commanding the patrol that attended (which is basically irrelavent).
- sapphicbeats, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3djAnakin said:
How many people were tortured to death under Saddam's rule?
How many women were allowed to walk the streets unesorted?
How many little girls got the chance to go to school?
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1) we paid and armed saddam to torture people, until he yanked his master's chain.
2) Uhh...it wasn't until we destroyed their country and opened the door for religious sectarianism to flourish that women had to worry about walking the streets with an escort.
3) You are thinking of Afghanistan. Get your wars straight. Women worked and went to school in Saddam's Iraq.
part of the problem is western ignorance of the countries we continually support when they do our bidding and then turn around and bomb when they become problematic. - skankyBacon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The image on the linked story is just heartbreaking.
- yoster84, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7Specifically, bad religion. Maybe these suicide bombers think they're doing it to be holy, but who is really 'profiting' from their actions? My suspicions suggest someone more sinister and definitely not holy...
However, specific examples of corrupt religious leaders don't imply that all of religion is inherently evil. It just so happens that today we have too many examples, even in front of our own eyes. - realyst, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I agree only in that it would be good to know the name of this true hero. His act was both selfish and even, on some level, poetic(the hug) though I'm sure the latter didn't occur to him at the time. His children have seen something horrible, like many children in Iraq. But under the horror they also saw their dad sacrificing himself to save his family and those around him from a fool with TNT.
Humanity does still have some light in it. - triscuitbiscuit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2When I first read the title I was confused, but now I know what it means.
It's sad that now he cannot stop any more people like that sicko... Now he is the one that will go to the Muslim heaven, not those who think they will (referring to the suicide bombers). - mmurch03, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The audio does nothing for me because I cannot understand it. Can anyone dictate from the audio so we can see what was said?
- karafias, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A real hero. Feel sorry for the guys kids...
- vuke69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Everyone is flawed, that was my point. Some people just don't like to admit it.
There is no such thing as implicitly good. Everything is relative. -
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