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Originally posted by filtherton
In the spirit of the "Beheading or nude pyramid thread"...
Whilst we all love to label our country's current enemies cowards and savages, i must ask. Is it more courageous to drop a bomb from high in the atmosphere or to pay the ultimate sacrifice to deliver the payload?
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all things being equal (both in a war, same target etc.) i would say the hand-delivery would require more courage. (taking what i think your definition of courage is in this context)
the sticking point is that bombs dropped from on high are done in marked aircraft by pilots wearing uniforms against a target of military value.
those who strap bombs to their back often do so in restaurants, buses, discoes and anywhere else were there is a concentration of people. the airplanes on 9-11 were directed against targets filled with civilians with no military value (with exception the pentagon.)
if you take their usual application out of context, then yeah... it does seem like it takes more courage. but, the application of those two tactics as we've witnessed so far in history changes that. someone who climbs on a commuter bus for the purpose of murduring as many unsuspecting people as possible does not qualify for any degree of courage in my book.
put me in the former category. my money (and life, and future) is exactly where my mouth is.